[Scan-DC] ATC Audio of passenger landing plane

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... nightmarish scenario straight out of the movies: A passenger is forced 
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Got a kick out of this description.  Having someone with no knowledge would 
be one thing but to have a single engine pilot have to take-over in nice 
weather would likely increase the pucker factor but is a lot less then 
nightmarish.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Brian Rokus" <brianrokus at hotmail.com>
To: <scan-dc at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Tuesday, April 14, 2009 11:43 AM
Subject: [Scan-DC] ATC Audio of passenger landing plane


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> For those who heard about the story of the passenger landing a King Air 
> after the pilot died at the controls, 
> (http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/04/13/florida.plane.emergency/)
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> The FAA has now posted the ATC audio of the controller talking the 
> passenger (who was, in fact, a licensed pilot but only certified for 
> single-engine aircraft) down.
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> It's pretty compelling stuff and includes this exchange:
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> ATC: Is the Autopilot on?
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> Passenger: Good Lord, I'm hand-flying the airplane.
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> The audio lives here:
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> http://www.faa.gov/data_research/accident_incident/2009-4-12/
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