Report: Passenger lands plane at Florida airport after pilot becomes ‘incoherent’

PALM BEACH COUNTY, Fla. – A passenger landed a personal airplane at Palm Seaside Worldwide Airport Tuesday after an incident with the pilot.

In accordance with a report from WPBF in West Palm Seaside, the passenger of the single-engine Cessna 208 airplane contacted air site visitors management after the pilot had “gone incoherent.”

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The passenger instructed the site visitors controller that that they had no thought how you can fly a airplane, and even the place they had been, apart from off the coast of Florida, the report continues.

A WPBF report mentioned the air site visitors controller on the Fort Pierce tower helped the passenger descend the airplane to five,000 ft in order that they may find the airplane on radar, based on audio of the incident, after which instructed the passenger how you can work the airplane and land it safely.

After the airplane landed, one individual was taken to a close-by hospital, however their situation was unknown. There have been solely two individuals on board.

The FAA is investigating.