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Was Leslie Nielsen on board?
Don't be jealous, Chesley B. "Sully" Sullenberger III
FORT MYERS, Fla. – A passenger landed a twin-engine plane in Florida after the pilot died in flight with a total of six people on board.
Federal Aviation Administration officials say the pilot died after takeoff from an airport in Naples on Sunday. It was on autopilot and climbing toward 10,000 feet when the pilot died.
The passenger who took over is licensed for single-engine planes but isn't certified to fly the larger King Air craft.
An air traffic controller helped the passenger down by calling a friend in Connecticut who knows the King Air plane and relaying instructions. The plane landed safely at Southwest Florida International Airport in Fort Myers.
The plane had been headed to Jackson, Miss. The names of the pilot and passengers have not been released.
Source: www.yahoo.com
Was Leslie Nielsen on board?
he probably ate the fish
Damn fortunate they had another pilot on board. Landing a multi-engine plane may be more complex than what the dude was qualified on, but he had a basic set of knowledge that made the chore a whole lot easier.
Especially when you have to do it with a dead guy in the seat next to you!!
"Don't call me Shirley"!
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