People often realise their skills in emergency situations. A man with zero knowledge of flying recently succeeded in landing a private plane single-handedly in the US after the pilot fell ill. The unnamed man was travelling to Florida to meet his pregnant wife on a Cessna 208 Caravan plane. There was no co-pilot, so the man took the control of the plane when the pilot fell ill suddenly. He kept calm, followed the directions of the Air Traffic Control staff and finally landed the plane in Florida. The incident has left everyone amazed.
This is brand new video (courtesy of Jeff Chandler) of a passenger landing a plane today at PBIA.
His pilot had passed out, and the passenger with zero flight experience was forced to land the plane.
Team coverage of this amazing landing is on @WPBF25News at 11. pic.twitter.com/jFLIlTp6Zs
— Ari Hait (@wpbf_ari) May 11, 2022
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Calmness Is The Best Way To Deal With Difficulties!
It is always wise to hold our calm in difficult situations. Calmness helps in better thinking and aids in finding solutions. Most people lose their calm and panic when faced with impossible challenges. But this man from the US proved that nothing is really impossible. In the face of difficulty, one shouldn’t panic but instead, take the effort first to overcome it. The unnamed man, despite having no flying knowledge, gave his best to overcome the situation and he succeeded. He was flying from Leonard M. Thompson International Airport in the Bahamas to Florida.
Listen to the conversation between the man and the Air Control Room staff during the emergency situation:
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The story teaches us an important lesson, which if followed, can make our lives easier.
First Published: May 12, 2022 1:17 PM