This plane was landed by a Passenger After Pilot Falls ill

A small plane glided over the eastern UK on yesterday evening with two people on board: the pilot and a passenger. Nothing seemed out of the ordinary until it became obvious that the pilot may have fallen ill. He made an emergency call to Humberside Airport, but the next step was already clear. That the passenger would have to land the plane. Humberside Airport spokesman Blair

Jacobs said two flight instructors were called to give the passenger an impromptu flying lesson. One of those instructors, Roy Murray, said ''He tried to calm the passenger down while giving him instructions. "There was other things against us, really. The light was going, it was getting dark, so we had to change runways with him." The passenger, whose name remains undisclosed, flew over the runway to familiarise himself with his landing target. Then he circled it again. And finally touched down.

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