Passenger with no flying experience lands plane after pilot medical emergency

A passenger with no flying experience safely landed a private plane at a Florida airport with the help of an air traffic controller after the pilot became incapacitated. The condition of the pilot is unknown at this time. CNN's Pete Muntean reports. #CNN #News

[arcticflying]

This man has the most important quality every pilot should have: self control. He stayed calm, used his his common sense and listened to the controller's advice instead of panicking and letting it go. Kudos, wonderful job!

[PlantTrees]

First ability of a hero? Staying calm!! Both of these guys are heroes. Praying for the pilot and their family.

[amircruz]

This guy was born a natural pilot. He must be inspired by his undiscovered skill and I would not have any doubt if he enrolls in a flying school.

[DaRadicalCavy]

These two are absolute legends and saved not just two lives but possibly more if the plane had crashed into a populated area. I hope the FAA recognise the ATC/instructor guy with whatever awards can

[Locrian]

I can't believe how calm the passenger was.

[maneshipocrates]

As someone who have been in aviation, the landing is so smooth for a non-pilot. Awesome

[carolperazoli]

The passenger's level of calm is what I want to achieve in my life. That was pretty impressive!

[MarcusSkyVentures]

I have 55+ hours as a student Pilot and damn I’m ashamed to say that his landing was much better than my landings. Great job!

[Spencer]

Outstanding teamwork on getting everyone back safely. To the passenger who landed great work 👍👍.

[madpistol]

Any landing you walk away from is a good landing. When it's a passenger with zero flying experience that lands the plane and walks away, that's a miracle.

[tom]

He landed that plane like an F-18 on an aircraft carrier. Nailed it. We need more pilots. Good job!

[AkPacerPilot]

Being a pilot… I gotta say, some controllers are complete rockstars, and some passengers are complete rockstars… in this situation, both were absolutely complete rockstars!!! Good job to both!

[Sound]

Congratulations 🎈🎉 to the fantastic controller and the brave pilot 👩‍✈️

[AELwriter]

Fabulous instructor! Congratulations to all!

[OneLove.]

Outstanding that the passenger managed to keep so calm, given the circumstances. Thank goodness he was able to keep a clear head and listen to the instructions ♥️ Such a great story. I really hope the pilot is doing better 🙏 that will be the perfect end to this crazy story.

[mpalmer]

He’s as calm as a professional pilot!!! Now he should just go get his pilot license!!! Thank God he’s doing good

[MatiasGeraldoThend]

This makes me teary and makes me believe in the beauty of humanity for some reason. Something out of a movie that actually ends beautifully. Props to ALL of these guys. Just awesome. ♥️ This guy needs to go get his flying license! 👏🏽👏🏽

[FFNDN]

Finally....a feel-good story. Kudos to that ATC-instructor & all involved. Hope pilot is okay.

[XimenaZhaoArchive]

Lucky passenger happened to reach the best possible air traffic controller/flight instructor. Hope the pilot is okay.

[Alex_Logan]

Dude was like “its time for my 200 hours of Flight Simulator to pay off”.