Passenger With No Flying Experience Lands Plane After Medical Emergency

A Cessna 208 went into a nosedive, dropping more than 3,000 feet in just 16 seconds, according to flight data, after the pilot suffered a medical emergency. Air traffic controller and flight instructor Bobby Morgan was able to talk a passenger through the situation and to a perfect landing.

Connect with NBC News Online!

#EmergencyLanding #AirTrafficController #Cessna208

[jimc.goodfellas]

Good to see a piece of good news every once in a while

[seantyler]

Holy heart attack. This guy was so calm. Great job everyone.

[jenniferanderson]

I love how calm the guy on the ground giving instructions is too!

[A.o.D]

Why is no one interviewed the man who landed the plane?? They're only interviewing the instructor who talked him through it

[Paula-gotl]

This just goes to show you that if you put your mind to it and listen to your teacher you can do anything.

[WaywardVet]

Downright impressive. Been on tons of military flights. Only 30 seconds of pilot time myself. But that quip about keeping the wings level... The US Air Force should love that. It's in in their anthem.
"Keep the wings level and true.
If you'd live to be a grey haired wonder
keep the nose out of the blue!"

[kimberlyguillen]

Oh wow well good thing you had the courage to take over the flying not too many people would have been able to do any of that. Thank you for saving all your lives.

[irishka_zolotse]

Very very cool, the two guys deserve a kind of Nobel prize for being brave and saving lives in emergecies... very impressive, THANK

[cremebrulee]

Amazing. I hope the pilot will be okay.

[tinalouiseking]

no such thing as coincidence. grateful that guy was working that day. count your blessings each day!

[wandapatterson]

Wow that's amazing! Hope the pilot be ok!!

[leelester]

That's awesome an teaching of the spirit

[vicepresidentmikepence]

I would NEVER get on a plane with only one pilot

[gertrudeisaac]

THIS IS THE ULTIMATE "CRASH COURSE".

"When the STUDENT is ready, the TEACHER will show up."

INTELLIGENCE END RESULT IS, ALWAYS A "PERFECT LANDING".

[annette]

Outstanding!!! That guy must be proud.

[roreymowatt]

He was so calm God bless him and his family 😍😍

[YaNevrNo]

Two awesome people. I'm so happy for them. I hope they keep us updated on the poor pilot.

[MikeM]

Even though this looks like a small Cessna to a layman, this is actually a quite large and heavy single engine plane. A turbo prop with 600hp and a constant speed prop, which ups the difficulty factor for a landing. On the flip side, this is one of the easiest planes in the world to fly. As easy and forgiving as it's smaller brother the 182 or even 172. Good job here.

[SeamusHilleary]

He was plain lucky. A Cessna caravan is a complex aircraft and nothing to mess around with.

[itsjusttmanakatech]

This is an example of something everyone could do but no one could do. If there was no risk of death or pressure then most people could probably do it. But in a do or die situation this is incredible to do with the amount of pressure.