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USA: passenger lands plane after pilot's death

Fort Myers , USA - Thanks to help from ATC. He was an experienced pilot, but only on single-engines

The passenger of a Beechcraft B-200 "Super King Air" with six people on board managed to make it land in Fort Myers, Florida, after the pilot's death for a heart attack a few minutes after taking off on Sunday. Doug White, 56-year-old owner of the aircraft (tail number N559DW) kept his cool blood and, after calling air traffic control (ATC) asking for help, managed to bring the Beechcraft back to the...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 1102800
Rome, Italy, 04/14/2009 06:09
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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