Emergency in the air
Pilot suffers heart attack, wife lands plane
Because the pilot was unable to continue flying due to a heart attack, his wife landed a small plane safely in the USA. Although she has no flying experience, she managed to land the plane safely on the ground.
The couple were on their way from Henderson in Nevada to Monterey in California in a twin-engine turboprop plane when the 78-year-old suffered a medical emergency.
His wife, who had no previous flying experience, then reportedly took over the controls. With the help of the air traffic controllers, who gave her detailed instructions over the radio, the woman managed to land the small plane safely in Bakersfield, California.
Husband died in hospital
Her husband was subsequently taken to hospital but died there, as the Las Vegas Review-Journal wrote, citing the man's company.
"Unprecedented in my entire career"
"To my knowledge, this is unprecedented," Ron Brewster, the director of airports in Kern County, California, told CBS. "I've never seen anything like this in my entire career."
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