New Delhi: A passenger plane was flying in the air. Then the health of its pilot deteriorated. He had to be ejected from the cockpit for an immediate medical emergency. Now when the question arose as to who will fly the plane, a miracle happened and the lives of all the passengers were saved.
According to a report, a Southwest Airlines flight flew from Las Vegas to Columbus, Ohio. Shortly after the take-off of the plane, the health of the pilot suddenly deteriorated. The plane was told to land back in Las Vegas due to a medical emergency. A passenger on the plane came forward to take control of the plane before panic broke out. He was a professional pilot and worked for another airline company.
He got into the cockpit and contacted air traffic control. Meanwhile, the co-pilot of the aircraft took control of the flight. Shortly after, Flight 6013 made a safe landing. “A pilot from another airline entered the flight deck and assisted us with radio communication while our Southwest pilot flew the plane,” Southwest Airlines spokesman Chris Perry said of the incident last Wednesday.
The plane stayed in the air for about 1 hour and 17 minutes. Meanwhile, a female passenger treated the sick pilot. She was a professional nurse. The pilot was hospitalized after landing. An inquiry into the matter has now been ordered.
It is worth mentioning that one such case was seen in May last year. Then a passenger landed the plane with the help of air traffic controllers in Florida, USA. Actually the pilot’s health deteriorated during the flight. He fainted, after which the passenger began to control the plane. He had no experience of flying a plane. But he managed to land the plane named Cessna Caravan safely.