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Passenger with no flying experience lands plane after pilot falls ill at controls
The passenger - with no experience of flying a plane - had no option but to take control of the aircraft and listen carefully to two instructors on the ground.
Incredibly, he managed to land safely and unhurt at Humberside International Airport last night.
An airport spokesman said: "The emergency was declared at 6.20pm by the pilot of a two-seater aircraft.
"Shortly afterwards he was taken ill and became unable to fly it and that responsibility then fell to his passenger.
"Humberside International Airport put into operation their emergency plan.
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“The passenger flew over the airport a couple of times and then was talked down by two flight instructors”Humberside International Airport spokesman
"The passenger flew over the airport a couple of times and then was talked down by two flight instructors and the emergency services were waiting for them when he landed safely."
The pilot later died after being rushed to hospital.
Despite a landing that was described as "heavy", it was said to be normal.
Witnesses described the plane bumping on the runway and sparks coming off the front of it.
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Roy Murray, one of the flight instructors who helped the passenger land the plane, said that the passenger had no flying experience and did a "remarkable job".
He told the BBC: "He made quite a good landing actually.
"He didn't know the layout of the aeroplane, he didn't have lights on so he was absolutely flying blind as well.
"I think he'd flown once before as a passenger but never flown an aeroplane before."
He added: "It's a fantastic feeling, knowing I have achieved something and probably saved somebody's life.
"I think without any sort of talk-down he would have just gone into the ground and that would have been the end of it."
It is thought the pair left a small airfield near Doncaster early yesterday morning on a flight training day.
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