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Passenger Lands Plane After Pilot Dies

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FORT MYERS, Fla. (April 13) - A passenger landed a twin-engine plane in Florida after the pilot died in flight with a total of six people on board.
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Federal Aviation Administration officials say the pilot died after takeoff from an airport in Naples on Sunday. It was on autopilot and climbing toward 10,000 feet when the pilot died.
The passenger who took over is licensed for single-engine planes but isn't certified to fly the larger King Air craft.
An air traffic controller helped the passanger down by calling a friend in Connecticut who knows the King Air plane and relaying instructions. The plane landed safely at Southwest Florida International Airport in Fort Myers.
The plane had been headed to Jackson, Miss. The names of the pilot and passengers have not been released.
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2009-04-13 12:13:48

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It\'s every traveler\'s nightmare: the pilot of the plane you\'re flying in dies. But that was the reality for some passengers when the pilot of a twin-engine plane died after takeoff from an airport in Naples, Fla. Luckily, one person with flying experience took over the controls and was able to land safely in Fort Myers.