Harrison lands Cessna 208 safely

This is like a true Hollywood movie, Darren Harrison a passenger with no flying experience landed a plane in Florida after the pilot passed out.  Harrison can be heard telling air traffic control a “serious situation”. Then Robert Morgan, Air traffic controller at Palm Beach International Airport, who also teaches new pilots helped guide the man down to Palm Beach International Airport just after noon on Tuesday. The pilot of the Cessna 208 had been flying to Florida from the Bahamas when he told his two passengers he was not feeling well, according to the Federal Aviation Administration, and fell against the controls putting the small aircraft into a nosedive and a sharp turn. The pilot was rushed to a local hospital. Mr. Morgan is heard teaching the man to “push forward on the controls and descend at a very slow rate” as he approaches for landing. After the plane landed safely at 16:37 local time, neither passenger had any injuries, Mr. Morgan can be heard in the recording praising the heroic passenger to other pilots on the tarmac. The passengers had initially planned to land at Boca Raton in Florida, but Morgan instead guided Mr. Morgan instead guided Mr. Harrison to Palm Beach airport because it had a longer runaway, was less congested, and had much-needed radio coverage, the FAA said.