MANILA, Feb. 18 (Xinhua) A six-seater Cessna 340 plane was reported missing shortly after taking off Saturday morning in the Philippines Albay province, sout
the pilot falls ill and the passenger, who has no idea how to fly the plane is forced to take the controls. well, that is exactly what happ happened to 77-year-old john wildy over england on tuesday evening. they call in two flight instructors to talk him through. how to safely land the two seater cessna. he said he was absolutely terrified. at one point, he thinks the plane even stalled. he flew over the airport multiple times before finally landing the aircraft in complete darkness. now, sadly, the pilot later died, due to his illness. wildy said that despite the trau traumatic experience, he would be willing to fly again. now i want to go to china. a jaw dropping story about a 2-year-old boy that had a fetus removed from his stomach. this is something you must see to believe.
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the united states if they trust the american justice system. the wild card, the radical islamist that holds sway in some parts of the country, calling for tax on oil and gas installations as well as kidnapping americans here in tripoli. kate? to the united kingdom where a passenger had to take control of the plane after the pilot got sick midflight. here s erin mclaughlin with the story. reporter: every passenger s worst nightmare. the pilot falls ill and the passenger who has very little flight experience is forced to take the controls. the pilot later died but remarkably, they were able to call in two flight instructors to talk the passenger through how to land the two-seater cessna. he flew over the runway three times before finally getting it right. back to you, kate. the fact that he got it right at all, that s scary. when we come back, we need
through how to land the two-seater cessna. one of the flight instructors was called in to help. the problem was i never flew an airplane. like all airplanes and cars, switches are in a different position and with it being dark, i didn t want the lad to start looking around the cockpit and lose control of the airplane. unfortunately, you have a blind landing without any lights in the cockpit. all he had was the glare of the lights of the runway. witnesses described the landing as heavy but otherwise normal. murray says he thinks the landing was beautiful. sadly, the pilot later died of his illness. the passenger was fine. murray and the other flight instructor are being celebrated as local heroes. erin mclaughlin, cnn, london. pretty amazing story. saddened for the pilot but at least the passenger was managed to get talked down.