Pilot Dies of Heart Attack Mid-Flight
Joseph Izatt, 61, was a prominent professor at Duke University’s biomedical engineering department. His passenger was able to safely land the plane.
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Joseph Izatt, 61, was a prominent professor at Duke University’s biomedical engineering department. His passenger was able to safely land the plane.
Joseph Izatt was at the controls of a Cirrus SR-20 on Sunday afternoon when he suffered an unexplained health complication.
“I’ve heard of so many of those types of things happening, and he was lucky that he had a passenger that was able to land the plane," a witness said.