Passenger in small plane guided by air traffic control to land safely after pilot falls unconscious

A plane passenger with no flying experience safely landed a Cessna light aircraft with the help of an air traffic controller after the pilot suffered a medical emergency and fell unconscious.

The unnamed passenger was flying in the Cessna 208 Caravan from the Bahamas to Florida on Tuesday afternoon when the drama begun.

‘I’ve got a serious situation here,’ the passenger can be heard telling air traffic control in Fort Pierce. ‘My pilot has gone incoherent. I have no idea how to fly the airplane.’

Air traffic control replied: ‘Roger. What’s your position?’

The passenger said: ‘I have no idea. I can see the coast of Florida in front of me. And I have no idea.’