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Very much for your time. you are truly a hero. thank you. well this week and off duty pilot jumps into action to help land a passenger plane after its captain became ill mid flight. it happened wednesday onboard a southwest airlines flight to columbus, ohio, not long after takeoff from las vegas. the reason behind the medical emergency is not clear. cnn's pete mountain has details for us. seen on board the boeing 7 37 sounds like something out of a movie, an off duty pilot and the passenger cabin swooping into the flight deck after one of the original pilots fell, ill stated while in route he'...

Needed medical attention. but an off duty pilot from another airline who was a passenger stepped up and went to the flight deck and then helped the copilot land the jet successfully. my panel is here waiting to talk about this, but let's first get more on the story from aviation correspondent pete mountain. seen on board the boeing 7 37 sounds like something out of a movie, an off duty pilot and the passenger cabin swooping into the flight deck after one of the original pilots fell ill became incapacitated while in route he's in the back of the aircraft right now with the flight attendants. so...

Incapacitated while in route he's in the back of the aircraft. right now. it's a flight attendant. southwest airlines says the incident started on flight 60 13 from las vegas to columbus, ohio. flight tracking data shows 27 minutes into the flight at 37,000 ft. the flights started to turn back for las vegas southwest says. that's when one of the pilots needed medical attention and the credential pilot from another airline, entered the flight deck and assisted with radio communication. we need to get him on an ambulance immediately. the modern aircraft, a single pilot can fly it and handle comm...

Tonight, disaster averted. two planes filled with passengers at jfk airport came close to colliding on the runway as one plane was start to be take off and another crossed in front of it. there's now audio recordings detailing the quick thinks from air traffic controllers. >> aviation experts are calling it a narrowly avoided disaster at john f. kennedy international airport friday night. two commercial airliners, a delta 737 and american airlines 777 on a collision course on the runway. >> i'm vus very glad to be here. >> passenger brian healy was on board the delta flight unaware of what was...

International airport. two commercial airliners, a airline triple seven on a collision course, on the runway. >> i'm very glad to be. here >> passenger brian healey was on board the delta flight unaware of what was about to take place. this animation, generated by flight tracking data, shows the delta flight accelerating for takeoff. as the american flights began taxiing onto the runway head. an air traffic controller in the tower, urgently noticed the problem. >> that's 90 46 council takeoff. lance >> delta 1943 cancel takeoff plans. >> the delta crew slam down the brakes something typically ...