NORTH MEDFORD HIGH SCHOOL Trevor J. Denn Parents: Trevor and Jennielle Denn GPA: 4.0 (cumulative), 4.238 (weighted) Honors, awards: Honors Diploma; President’s Gold Award for Aca.
Federal investigators spent much of the Friday in the backyard where a single-engine Cessna crashed, studying the plane before hauling it away for an in-depth examination.
raton. just continue north bound over the beach. reporter: morgan s instruction paid off guiding the light to landing at palm beach. they call it a remarkable feat that left other pilots listening in stunned. you say the passenger landed the airplane? that s correct. oh, my god. great job. we got a controller that got him down, a flight instructor. reporter: he went to meet his student pilot. i feel like it s probably meant to happen. this story to me is so unbelievable. i remember when my own father got his private pilot license and was practicing and had the hour log. i can t imagine the idea of having that cool demeanor. the idea that not one person seem to be screaming. i can tell you how i would be on plane, by the way.
to get you further instructions. it paid off, getting him to the beach. it left other flights stunned, including a commercial plane. did you say the passenger landed the plane? yes. and no flying experience. morgan left the tower and went to his ramp to meet the student pilot that he taught to land without ever getting in the plane. i feel like it was meant to happen. the original pilot was taken to a local hospital, the new pilot, darren harrison, told air traffic controllers he only had familiarity with flying through observation, no formal flight training or flying experience. he is from lakeland, florida, in the window and flooring business. and adding to the drama of all of this, harrison told air traffic controllers he was simply trying to get home to see his wife who is pregnant.
scary moments onboard a single-engine cessna off the coast of florida. a pilot became incapacitated mid-flight, forcing the passenger to take over and make this incredible landing. and imagine this, that person, right there, has never flown a plane before. cnn s pete muntean has flown a plane before, many times. and so you can speak, pete, to just how amazing this ending of this story was. it s incredible brianna, almost like something out of a movie. i ve been around flying my entire life, i m a pilot, a plight instructor, i ve never heard of something like this before. this flight from the bahamas, the pilot complained of having a headache and then passed out. i want you to listen to the hero traffic controller who is also a flight instructor who essentially had a new student pilot without ever having getting in the plane. i ve got a serious situation