The small Cessna plane glided over the eastern UK on Tuesday evening with exactly two people on board: the pilot and a passenger.Nothing seemed out of the ordinary until the pilot suddenly fell ill at the controls. He made an emergency call to Humberside Airport, but the next step was already clear. The passenger would have to land a plane for the first time. On the fly.Two flight instructors were called to give the passenger an impromptu flying lesson, Humberside Airport spokesman Blair Jacobs said.One of those instructors, Roy Murray, had just stepped inside his home when he got a call from air traffic control. He tried to calm the passenger down while giving him instructions. "There was other things against us, really. The light was going, it was getting dark, so we had to change runways with him," Murray said.The passenger, whose name was not released, flew over the runway to familiarize himself with his landing target. Then he circled it again. And then one more time, just to be safe.Finally, the plane touched the ground. Although the landing was successful, the outcome for the pilot was not. Humberside police said he died Tuesday night. Neither his name nor his illness was released.
The small Cessna plane glided over the eastern UK on Tuesday evening with exactly two people on board: the pilot and a passenger.Nothing seemed out of the ordinary until the pilot suddenly fell ill at the controls. He made an emergency call to Humberside Airport, but the next step was already clear. The passenger would have to land a plane for the first time. On the fly.Two flight instructors were called to give the passenger an impromptu flying lesson, Humberside Airport spokesman Blair Jacobs said.One of those instructors, Roy Murray, had just stepped inside his home when he got a call from air traffic control. He tried to calm the passenger down while giving him instructions. "There was other things against us, really. The light was going, it was getting dark, so we...