On y a tous rêver.....

julietlima · Post by **julietlima** » Mon 13 Apr, 2009 11:49

Passenger, controllers combine to save plane

FORT MYERS: Air traffic controllers around south Florida quickly improvised a chain of communication that helped a passenger land a small plane after the pilot died mid-flight Sunday.

The National Air Traffic Controller's Association released more details about the emergency Monday.

The plane was headed from Marco Island to Jackson, Mississippi around 1:30 p.m. when controllers in Miami couldn't raise the pilot on the radio.

The next voice they heard was from a passenger, who said he had a pilot's license but was unfamiliar with the King Air turboprop he and fiver others were aboard.

The man told controllers the plane was on auto-pilot and was still climbing, and he didn't know how to disengage it.

A controller with flying experience worked with him to fly the plane while other controllers worked to handle other air traffic in the area.

The passenger was able to get the plane off auto-pilot and head toward Southwest Florida International Airport.

When Miami controllers handed the flight off to RSW, a controller called a friend who was certified on the Air King to get expert help.

That man got out his flight checklists, manuals and cockpit layout sheets and would relay information to the controller, who gave the information to another controller, who then told the passenger what to do.

The system worked and the man was able to bring the plane in safely.

The names of those involved have not been released yet.

djipibi · Post by **djipibi** » Mon 13 Apr, 2009 18:36

Bravo!
Une raison de plus pour que je prenne un cours de pilotage d'urgence...

J-P

Theo007 · Post by **Theo007** » Mon 13 Apr, 2009 18:47

JP Pilote ? Bonne idée

Tu sais c'est meme arrivé a Mr Bean

Rowan Atkinson flew plane when pilot passed out

By Emma Hartley

Saturday, 24 March 2001

The comedian Rowan Atkinson was forced to cast aside his Mr Bean public persona to take the controls of a small plane containing his wife and children after the pilot passed out 16,000ft over Kenya.

The comedian Rowan Atkinson was forced to cast aside his Mr Bean public persona to take the controls of a small plane containing his wife and children after the pilot passed out 16,000ft over Kenya.

According to a report on The Spectator magazine's website yesterday, Mr Atkinson, 46, who had never taken flying lessons, took the controls and flew the privately chartered Cessna for several minutes after the young pilot slumped backwards and could not be revived.

As his wife, Sunetra, tried to bring the pilot around by shouting at him, shaking him and splashing water on his face, the comedian - Britain's best-known comedy export for Mr Bean and Blackadder - tried to correct the downwards trajectory the aircraft had taken.

He succeeded, despite an initial over-compensation. His children Ben, 8, and Lilly, 6, remained quietly in their seats the whole time.

The potentially deadly situation ended several minutes later when, just as suddenly as he had passed out, the European pilot regained consciousness and the 75-minute journey from the Ukundu airstrip ended at Wilson Airport in Nairobi on time, because the plane had not changed course.

It is possible that the dramatic drop in temperature that takes place when a plane rises from the African heat to a cruising altitude was responsible for the pilot's loss of consciousness.

Neither Mr Atkinson nor his agent were available to comment on the reports last night.

djipibi · Post by **djipibi** » Mon 13 Apr, 2009 18:51

j'disais ça d'même... que j'en voie pas un me faire le coup!

J-P

Jacques3012 · Post by **Jacques3012** » Mon 13 Apr, 2009 19:51

Après avoir écouté plusieurs films plus jeune dans lesquels ça arrivait, j'en avais rêvé, mais maintenant, j'aimerai mieux que ça ne m'arrives pas

Jacques3012

daniel61 · Post by **daniel61** » Tue 14 Apr, 2009 15:18

Les com de cet atterissage:

http://tinyurl.com/c6f3xh

Ca compte tu pour des heures PIC en twin???...suite la discussion assez agitée sur les logbook et VFR vs IFR...si on se fie a certaines opinions, on pourrait dire que oui

djipibi · Post by **djipibi** » Tue 14 Apr, 2009 17:54

daniel61 wrote:Les com de cet atterissage:

http://tinyurl.com/c6f3xh

Ca compte tu pour des heures PIC en twin???...suite la discussion assez agitée sur les logbook et VFR vs IFR...si on se fie a certaines opinions, on pourrait dire que oui

Personnellement je pense que c'est temps triple!