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A passenger with no flying experience radioed an urgent plea for help when the pilot of a small plane suddenly fell ill off Florida’s Atlantic coast,

Officials did not immediately say what caused the pilot to fall ill. Read more on Boston.com.

A passenger with no flying experience radioed an urgent plea for help when the pilot of a small plane suddenly fell ill off Florida's Atlantic coast and was able to land the plane safely with the help of air traffic controllers. "I've got a serious situation here," the man said Tuesday afternoon, according to audio…

Air traffic controller talks passenger down to safe landing

The aircraft was occupied by the pilot and two passengers

A passenger with no flying experience was able to safely land a plane with the help of an air traffic controller after his pilot got sick in the air.

A passenger with no flying experience radioed an urgent plea for help when the pilot of a small plane suddenly fell ill off Florida’s Atlantic coast and landed the plane safely with the help of air traffic controllers. “I’ve got a serious situation here,” the man said on Tuesday afternoon, according to audio on LiveATC.net, a Web site that broadcasts and archives air traffic controller communications. “My pilot has gone incoherent. I have no idea how to fly the airplane.” An air traf...

‘My pilot has gone incoherent. I have no idea how to fly the airplane’

Flight controllers at Palm Beach International Airport in Florida talked the rookie down.

‘My pilot has gone incoherent. I have no idea how to fly the airplane’