Heroic Novice Pilot Guided to Safe Landing by Air Traffic Controllers After Husband’s Mid-Flight Medical Emergency
BAKERSFIELD, CA — A flight that began as a routine trip from Nevada to California turned dramatic when a mid-air medical emergency forced a passenger with no piloting experience to take control of a twin-engine Beechcraft King Air 90. The aircraft safely touched down at Bakersfield’s Meadows Field, thanks to the passenger’s quick thinking and precise guidance from air traffic control. The chain of events began when the pilot, Eliot Alper, suffered what appeared to …