HOW did a PASSENGER Land this Airplane?!
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On the 10 May 2022, after a fishing trip in the Bahamas, a Cessna Grand Caravan is travelling back to the United States when the pilot passes out at 10,000 feet. One of the passengers on board, Darren Harrison, who has no flight experience takes control of the situation.
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Below you will find the links to videos and sources used in this episode. Enjoy checking them out!
Sources
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Cessna on floats: wipaire.com
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Maimi Center: FAA
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Robert Morgan: THOMAS CORDY/THE PALM BEACH POST
eu.palmbeachpost.com/
Steam Guage Cockpit: cockpitposters.co.uk
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Steam Glass Cockpit: cockpitposters.co.uk
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PET 2000 RADIO: UNKOWN
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Darren Interview Photo: FAA
www.dailyadvent.com/news/5c8d...
Darren Harrison: gistvic.com
www.gistvic.com/news/darren-h...
ADIZ Zone: Department of Defense
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Sunglasses Footage: Atharva Prabhu via Twitter
Live ATC Audio: LiveATC.net
CHAPTERS
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00:00 - Intro
00:32 - Brief History
01:20 - A Scary Situation
05:21 - NORDO Event
07:05 - “I’ve No Idea How To Fly The Airplane”
08:12 - The Transponder
09:09 - Time To Descend
10:02 - Help Is On The Way
12:01 - Visual Guidence
13:51 - Palm Beach International
15:28 - The Problem With Flaps
17:43 - “I Can’t See The Screens“
18:57 - SRA Approach
20:34 - His First Solo...Complete
21:29 - Dealing With The Casualty
22:41 - Key Advice
![PASSENGER LANDS PLANE After Pilot Incapacitation [ATC audio]](/img/n.gif)
If Harrison goes to get his pilot's license, he'll be one of the few pilots with more landings than takeoffs.
I love the way you look at things
I think he already is!
Lmao
Unless he dies on a plane crash
awesome lmao
The professional pilots cheering him on when he landed is amazing!!!
So many of them called him "dude," which I found wholesome. When you pull off that magnitude of a feat, everybody becomes a dude. DUDE! YOU ROCK!
Just checked the news, and apparently Ken Allen - the pilot - has recovered and is back to flying after 17 months.
He took the doctor who performed the life saving surgery on a flight and Harrison will fly with him again as well.
What was the cause of his impairment? Is there no risk of it happening again?
@@TheNheg66 The covid 'vaccine'. It's a heart failure time bomb. That's why I stayed a pureblood.
@@TheNheg66 Aortic dissection. Aorta bursts and your heart starts pumping your blood into your chest cavity. Survivability is not super high especially since it took a while to get him to a hospital.
It might sound daft but even the pilot, at a time when he wasn't in a good state, managed to communicate thus giving vital seconds of mental preparation time to the two passengers. Good job all around.
I think it's like survival instinct. One day i was in a bus, and suddenly i lost sight progressively to the point i couldn't see anymore. I started to feel by breath being heavy and losing strength in my legs, so i said at loud "someone help me i'm going unconscious".
Then i fell to the ground and i got carried to a seat until i woke up like 5mins later and i got taken to the hospital.
The only difference being that fortunately i wasn't the driver !
@@Unknowiii goddamit, same thing happened to me on my way to school, I was to shy to ask for help, but had lost vision for a few seconds before going unconscious, I woke up with some people helping me out in some random sit of that full bus.
@@Unknowiii Similar thing happened to me a couple years back when I was exercising at the gym. I lost eyesight temporarily, stumbled to a seat, and waited for my sight to return for like 5 minutes. I was a dumbass and I didn't visit a doctor at the time so I still don't know what happened to me.
@@kosakos1999 drunk enough?
@@schwingedeshaehers Not drinking at the time LMAO.
One small correction: the pilot actually suffered a Type-A aortic dissection. It is a massively serious situation and actually quite amazing that he survived given the delay in getting him to the hospital.
The dude survived both an aortic dissection and a landing by someone who has never flown an airplane... At the same time.
He should buy a lottery ticket
@@Dasycottus buy a lottery ticket? he already spent all of his luck for at least the next 50 years
@@Zack-fu4lo Good luck and bad luck sometimes come in 3s
@@Dasycottus I guess it wasn`t his time yet.
Did the pilot have abdominal reentry?
Pretty amazing to go from "I have no idea how to fly this thing" to "where should I park?" in such a short time. I am shocked the plane took off in the first place with the non-pilots giant balls of steel onboard.
haha. and the hero passenger must have returned home and said to his wife: "Guess what?"
Amazing ! What a guy. He should be given free lessons now.
He obviously had some idea by just paying attention as a passenger. Just knowing to pull back slowly from their initial dive saved their lives. And he was able to read his air speed and altitude. He even knew to ask about flaps.
@@chrimony He said it, not me.
FFS give the giant steel balls thing a rest, it was funny the first time someone said it decades ago, but now everyone that's finally caught up with the phrase far too late says it like it's still funny and original.
It ain't, and it's getting real tedious.
The air traffic controller should get a medal for helping to guide this guy down safety
Isn’t a part of their job to help out?
The air traffic controller that brought the guy down. Also happens to be my flight instructor and a good friend, is a very skilled pilot.
Made me tear up honestly. The way he was able to navigate him calmly and instruct him from the room. He's a hero for sure
I mean, imagine they'd just say "nah" and call it a day. It's their job.
@@sevilaykel1480 You're the type of boss who doesn't appreciate excellent work from your employee😢
My family is full of pilots. My grandpa insisted that all his children and grand children know the basics of flying. He was a retired Navy pilot who flew fighters in WW2 and Korea and later commercial flights. He owned several small planes and if you flew with him you had to know how to operate the radio,read the instrument panels, and understand the breaking systems for emergencies such as this. That passenger did an amazing job.
Yes, knowing how to operate the radio is in my opinion the most important thing to know for an inexperienced pilot, as you can communicate with someone that can help you to fly and land safely. Without knowing how to operate the radio, the outcome of this situation would have been much different! Kudos to the passenger, and all involved with this safe landing!
I watched a video of the ATC communications as this drama unfolded, and an American Airlines plane at the airport was told that he had to hold, short of the runway, the ATC said 'The passengers just landed a plane". The AA pilot acknowledged the instruction, and then a few seconds later did a double-take! "Did you just say a passenger landed a plane?" "Yes". "Oh my gosh, that was a great job!'
I caught that too. Too funny.
Where can I find the video?
@@obitouchiha4739 That would be watch?v=9Jy8jpfyiek
Get him a job. Did you hear about the 82 year old man & his 81 year old wife who landed the similar kind of jet? He had a massive heart attack and she never flew before either. It was amazing too.Mentour has a video of Scott flying a 737 sim. Tecently.
@@sharoncassell9358 There is a video about that too
What Harrison did is amazing. What happened to the pilot is even more amazing.
Kenneth Allen had a torn aorta. His cardiac surgeon said that 50% of patients who suffer an aortic dissection don't survive the trip to the hospital. Of those who make it to the hospital alive, 50% die within 24 hrs. Allen underwent a 9 hour surgery. He was home less than a week later. Just wow.
That's what Lucille Ball died from I think
Yeah a family member died that way despite surgery.
@@ddhsd - According to what I've been able to find, Lucille Ball died from a ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm, which is similar, but not identical to what afflicted pilot Kenneth Allen. Ball had undergone successful surgery for a dissecting aortic aneurysm eight days earlier. The actor John Ritter died of an aortic dissection in 2003. He was 54.
Wait 50% don't survive the trip to the hospital, but he was on the plane for a solid amount of time before he even started making his way there lessening his chances of survival drastically. That is one crazy blessed man right there.
So about 25% survive normally
I admit, I cried when the messages from the pilots watching him land came up on screen. It's so nice to see one of these stories have a good ending!
Same....it's weird cause this was the only story that made me cry. I don't know why. The stories where they die I never cry but it's more like a shock. This one made me emotional though especially the atc snd what he did.
Get ahold of yourself.
@@sentientdogma1206 too late mf.
Big props to Cessna for making planes that are relatively easy to fly as well.
This guy is a true gamer. Calm, cool, and admits he is just winging it without playing the tutorial.
he should get into flight sims lol
if you remember that guy that yanked a passenger jet and did all those barrel rolls before crashing into an island, he learned it all in MSFS hah. it's worth knowing a bit of how airplanes control
😂😂😂👏👏👏👏
@@leeonardodienfield402 RIP Skyking
Unfortunately, you all fell for a fairy tale. In the meantime, it has become known that the "passenger" not only had an aborted pilot training years ago, but probably also spent several 100 hours in the co-pilot's seat next to the pilot in this very aircraft. So there can be no question of cluelessness.
@@m.3303 Unfortunately you were so keen to look like the smart guy, you picked a comment thread where everyone was simply joking around. Nobody in here said anything like what you claim.
The tower operators show that CRM doesn't have to end at the flight deck. The resources brought together rapidly and with complete disdain for egotism is a credit to these amazing professionals-and one amateur (the pilot).
Exactly. As it was put by Col Brian Shul, an SR-71 pilot, ATC is going to talk to everyone in the same tone and cadence no matter if they are flying a Cessna or Air Force One. Cool, calm, and professional to do their best to help the aircrew.
@@hokutoulrik7345 i feel like you are really onto something. I also imagine that the flight instructors professionalism (on an off type aricraft mind you) probably really helped them through the approach an landing. I really appreciate all the countless hours of training yall go through to make flying so safe for us all.
@@K1OIK CRM = Crew Resource Management
@@K1OIK He used it to RTFM.
@@K1OIK used it to write a book of aviation acronyms! 😂
“Harrison was convinced he would get the plain on ground one way or the other”
Glad he managed to pull off the non-trivial way to achieve that!
What plain? Plain water?
Lol I was thinking that's not the correct spelling for 'plain' it would be Plane that should have been used in this case. Not that it really matters since it's clearly the same word with a different spellings/meaning but in case anyone is confused or wanted to know the correct spelling lol
@@ladylove8565 Grammar is quite important, it can be the difference between helping your Uncle Jack off a horse, or helping your uncle jackoff a horse
@@CougarCat21Air plain? I thought it was quite interesting.
@@sugarkane1571 a nonsense meaning word in a sentence n u call it interesting? Brain dead.
Didn't even see this video until now. This is actually my mom's cousin who landed the plane. He was so busy with interviews for days after this event happened that our family didn't hear it was him until the reports came out, due to him being so busy.
His dad, Dennis Harrison, my grandmother's brother, is the president of where Darren works.
@@covertiks1690 really? cool!
Pretty crazy that this happened in 2022, sounds like something that would've happened around 20 or 30 years ago
@@RealDreadmania yeah!! it sounds something in the 80's..
This reminded me of John Wildey from a while back. His pilot friend died mid-flight and he had to be talked down and managed to land. He was 77 years old with no flight experience but mere weeks after the incident he took his first flying lessons.
This was such an incredible story! Hope to see Petter's perspective on that one eventually :)
Was it that incident where a passenger landed without light in the instruments in the dark?
@@gsp911 Yeah. From what I understand, the engine shutoff was right next to the light switch for the instrument panel, and for obvious reasons, they couldn't risk him turning off the engine.
I remember that one, the guy only knew where the radio button was, and the sun was coming down.
There was also assistance from a military chopper (Chinook if remember well).
@@Dr.K.Wette_BE I don't know if it was a Chinook, but there WAS a helicopter at one point. Though I think it was Coast guard?
Proves again: Trying always beats not trying. And this is why I always will show everybody in my cockpit how to do some basic control movements. Better to have someone who is at least mustering the courage to have a chance of bringing the plane down than going down crashing just because one person is out.
When there is only one pilot and passenger present in a general aviation aircraft, great idea. No different to major airlines placing able-bodied passengers next to emergency exits.
Very important indeed
There are some courses available for non-pilots who fly regularly in GA planes (eg accompanying their friends or relatives) and if you can afford it, seems like a brilliant idea to take that opportunity? Like doing workplace first aid - means you have a reasonable skillset to deal with crises, and just knowing a bit more about how to control the situation can really decrease panic.
@@rainscratch I have been in that seat once before, and an attendant came to me and gave me a special briefing on operating the exit door and organizing evacuation, emphasises on that my actions will affect survivability of everyone on the plane.
@@anna_in_aotearoa3166 Or for GA frequent flier they can themselves take some flight lessons, something like 80 hours on a 172 can make major impact.
If I ran a flight school, I would have offered this guy a fully paid scholarship for instruction. Can you imagine having this guy as your flight school's spokesperson!
I would never fly again with that experience, free tuition or not.
@@westerlywinds5684 Why? The guy has proven that even small modern airplanes are safe enough to be landed by a calm newbie.
@@westerlywinds5684 If anything, that would motivate me to get my PPL, because "I" am clearly capable of it, and self-confidence is a large part of achieving.
@@krzysztofmatuszekprobably quite traumatising depending on the person
Many stories about the passenger taking over when the pilot became incapacitated. I met a lady who landed the plane when her husband died of a heart attack mid flight. She had never been at the controls of an aircraft, and ATC gave her the world's fastest pilots course
I heard about that story. That was also amazing. She had flown a little bit before but never landed the plane.
That was a tough woman. Its one thing to be cool under pressure like this guy. Its another when you are doing that next to your dead husband.
When I got my pilot license we trained being guided by the ATC on approach, it was very difficult! I talked to her later, and she said we really went left and right all the time. She also said that if it had been a real emergency, then she would have given even more instructions, giving us 100% attention. This made me realize how awesome the ATC are, and how they are there mainly for our safety. After this I relaxed more when talking in the radio, realizing that they ATC has my back if needed. 🥰
We try our best to help no matter what the situation is Fredrik.
@@seanmcerlean I’m very grateful for that! 🤩
@@fredrikjohansson 👌😀
Absolutely correct. We are all a team with the same goal.
I hope your not a Pilot now.
I love on the ATC recording when asked to try and change frequencies he simply said "NO"
"Unable" may be more professional but not as terse.
Yeah
He said NO!
HAHAHAHA I was laughing like a chimpanzee!
I mean that was savage, sad, inconsiderate, kind of roasted ATC, and was stupid to not change the frequencies. Back then I didn't understand why he said "NO" instantly. But later on I realized he was not able to! Haha
Hearing Petter say balls in his professional pilots voice kills me😂😂
5:20 this is why all planes should have a "CB" style microphone. I've seen a lot of damaged headset and headphone cables in my life, and I can't imagine flying a plane without a backup microphone in the cabin.
Without a headset you couldn't hear anything ATC is saying, those planes are LOUD, i'm not even sure ATC would be able to hear you over the engine, maybe if you put the mic inside your mouth
@@stonedmountainunicorn9532 Worth having a backup of some sort for emergencies at least. Redundancy, redundancy, redundancy.
@@jello7380 ofc, i find it kinda ridiculous that the aviation industry is still using basic radio
Such a great story! The ATC people are just so amazing, supporting us in the air.
A pleasure sir.
It sounds like the people in the ATC are much more competent then some of the 911 operates I've heard, listening to some of there recordings can be frustrating
@@dansweda712 we are always under evaluation and education/training so along with the operational experience we maintain that competence.
Glad you appreciate our services.
@@seanmcerlean 🧢
Salute
I just flew with these exact instruments and my polarized lenses did exactly that. Blacked out.
This is an amazing story. Even being a pilot with around 200 hours, I wonder how I'd do in such a situation. When I took my girlfriend (now wife) flying she asked me what to do if I became incapacitated. I showed her how to operate the radio (121.5) and the transponder to squawk 7700.
Idk fully why, but this story got me pretty emotional and I never really experience that. What an amazing story, it really shows how staying calm and not panicking during a very stressful situation can be a deciding factor on the outcome. Everyone survived and got on the ground safely, which is the best outcome anyone could have hoped for.
What incredible teamwork. Great job for everyone involved.
Shoot I wish it didn't happen to me as much as it does. I was watching a video last night by Mentour Pilot. The Pan AM/ KLM flight story was just so sad.
Well, on top of that, the plane didn't even get damaged!
He gonna be a pilot now.
I love that all the other pilots were like “good job dude!”
Glad to hear the other guy who had a heart problem is ok now
There has been lots of skepticism about his flying experience, particularly in this aircraft due to the number of trips in the past. But, even if he has had some introductory experience, the fact that knowing how to switch radio frequencies would have enhanced his survival chances, and the fact that he didn't, tells me that he was still a rank amateur and did a fantastic job! ....as did the support team from ATC!
I certainly get the impression that he may have had the opportunity to "handle the controls" in the past, but probably nothing beyond this and discussions about flying.
One hell of an achievement from ATC and the two passengers!
Ok, I watch UA-cam, I’ve only done flight simulator. I know words, but there’s a massive difference between copying basic moves and words in a Cessna, following the roads and coast, like you do in a car…. Given which number has to be what. He got lucky with weather, with a flight instructor, with a simple display and a very long fat runway, without even the basic screen to land. He did, what they said.
Some people sound calm when they have that adrenaline focus. After that they just go into a sense of shock. It was a Cessna.
They would have said if he was a 10 hour pilot.
I have 8 hours of VFR instruction and many hours watching UA-cam and studying books, and I don't think I could have done that well. From the initial pullout to finding the runway, this guy did a great job.
Of course, you can't fake a heart attack. But I think it's also clear from his inability to change radio frequencies that he didn't know much about flying or that aircraft. Just the kind of stuff a pilot might tell him on occasion.
@@aarondavis8943 Agreed. When you're on a tiny 8 passenger plane like that for hours and it clearly flies with as few as 2 passengers he probably has spent a fair amount of time chatting with pilots or just observing. Its an open cockpit and so you're going to pick up some things just from idly observing the operation of the plane. Especially if you're in that sort of environment regularly.
The other pilots chiming in with praise on his landing was an unexpectedly wholesome moment.
He successfully aviated, navigated and communicated! Good job
Taking a moment to appreciate Petter & team for how quick they've put this episode together! 💯
Unfortunately, obviously too fast - because it has now become known that the "passenger" not only had years ago a canceled pilot training, but also probably spent several 100 hours in this very plane next to the pilot on the copilot seat. So there can be no question of cluelessness.
@@m.3303 And yet he managed to follow directions and get the plane down safely. I'd say, "cluelessness" is the wrong term here. Do you know the details of why his pilot training was cancelled? Health problems perhaps. At any rate, good outcome. And whatever training he had in the past probably helped.
@@m.3303 can you please cite a source for the cancelled pilot training? Thank you!
@@lucas29476 I'm afraid I'm going to have to ask you to do some research on UA-cam yourself. I don't know why, but my comments seem to be deleted if they contain links. A little tip: Have a look at Dan Gryder.
@@m.3303 You seem to be right about the links. Searching "Darren Harrison today show" will bring up relevant links.
Dan Gryder acknowledges the right seat passenger was a long time friend of the pilot; Darren Harrison was just a back seat passenger getting a ride from the Bahamas back to Florida. He knew the pilot in some way and apparently flew out to the Bahamas with them. When the pilot was too far gone to fly, the friend in the right front seat reportedly helped Harrison get him out of the seat and Harrison took the pilot to the back seat. (This agrees with Harrison's interview on the Today Show.) Gryder speculates the friend in the right front seat got the airplane in the turning dive, arguing the pilot never slumped forward to cause that. Harrison then reached in from the back and got the plane stabilized, then took the left front seat. He knew about stalling and about overspeed being bad, and that was about it. He called the yoke a "stick," suggesting he was a novice in the cockpit.
In the interview he described how it was the remarkable real time assistance from the controller he was talking to that got them down in one piece. We will never know what was said because it was not on the normal ATC radio; anything beyond what the two people on the radio said is speculative.
I am not a fan of Dan Gryder; his speculative style (that is why it is called "probable cause") rubs my data hungry mind the wrong way. I want facts, not speculation that panders to our curiosity.
Darren Harrison should get a medal or commendation. I'm glad the Captain is okay.
What kind of medal should you get for trying to save your own life?
@@chitlitlah uh lifesaver
He also saved the life of the pilot and other passenger though.
@@aprilambrose2108 I've saved many people's lives by not driving my car off a bridge while they were in it. Maybe someone should make a statue of me.
@@chitlitlah yeah that’s the same. 🙄
Give this man a honorary flying cross
He saved their lives and craft
I am pretty sure I just watched the audio recording of this event and wow, honestly the dude who saved it has some fantastic instincts and a massive pair of.. nevermind. The coolest part was how impressed the tower team was with how he handled it
I know a non-pilot has never landed a commercial jet, but I LOVE these stories of civilians taking control of aircraft. So if there's any more of these left (I think I read there's at least half of dozen cases) my vote is for you to cover them all!
Keep up the good work Petter! 👍
I second that!
There are a few cases of successful landings by passengers after pilot incapacitation, yes. Three of 'em are even well-documented. There's one involving a King Air, one involving an 80-year-old who was flying with a friend, and one involving an elderly woman flying with her husband.
With the hardening of cockpit doors, I don't think it can happen because if pilot and copilot are incapacitated then there is no one to open the door even if a fully trained pilot is on board.
@@HesderOleh there has been a few with cabin crew taking controls whom weren't pilots but the most famous one he crashed it into a secluded area and everyone died.
@@HesderOleh There's something you learn as a firefighter real quick.
There's no such thing as a door that can't be forced open.
The hardening of the door, just made it a bit tougher to do, IF people on your side of the door also don't want you to breach that door... or if the pilots are awake and trying to keep you from breaching it. (or both... which is what a hijacker would face, if they tried to breach the cockpit in unauthorized fashion).
But if the pilots were tits-up... and someone HAD to force the way into the cockpit for safety of flight? Yeah... that cockpit door can still be breached if it has to be.
I love stories like this! Humans helping each other! AHHH!!!
Glad you liked it!! 💕
What amazes me is how many obstacles they overcame to evade death. The most dramatic was the steep dive. The fact that the pilot was able to get their attention just before he passed out, that they were able to get to the controls so quickly while they were in a steep and fast dive, and that the passenger had paid attention so that he knew to pull out of it slowly, even though it might’ve been very tempting to do otherwise, certainly was impressive and must have been the first of many right moves that saved their lives. It was interesting that the narrator explained that, if he had pulled up too fast at that speed, he might’ve stalled the plane or worse, ripped the wings off, and that certainly shows how close they came to death almost immediately. Then the fact that the ground had to find an old radio and figure out how to use it to communicate shows just how close the pilot was to being isolated and clueless as to what to do next, which probably would have been disastrous. The levelheadedness and ingenuity of both the pilot and the people on the ground certainly made all the difference. And the fact that the pilot survived was icing on the cake.
Literally crying at all the amazing teamwork through this whole ordeal. It's amazing what we can do when we help each other out.
It’s incredible what some people are able to do when they are resourceful. This shows a great example of that!
Unfortunately, you all fell for a fairy tale. In the meantime, it has become known that the "passenger" not only had an aborted pilot training years ago, but probably also spent several 100 hours in the co-pilot's seat next to the pilot in this very aircraft. So there can be no question of cluelessness.
@@m.3303 You have it all wrong. The "pinch hitter" pilot was Darren Harrison, not the pilot's close friend who was originally in the front passenger seat 1:30 and, according to Harrison, had put the airplane in the turning dive. There is no information whether Mr. Harrison had been in the airplane before this round trip, or in the front row anytime before this.
I think you should dial back your righteousness when you are not going to check your facts.
@@flagmichael You're correct, they are talking out their a$$. They're actually mixing up the King Air\Doug White incident from over 30 years ago... with this one. The landing passenger really DID NOT have any training. It's extremely obvious by his radio work. He is clearly familiar with "radio speak" but definitely not "airplane\atc speak".
Hey Petter, great job as usual. I have a unique understanding of this event as the plane belongs to my brother. You got most of the facts correct but some things will change when the final report is released. One thing that really no one covered very indepth is the fact that a few weeks prior to this flight, the plane had floats and not a tricycle landing gear attached. It was at a family dinner that my brother said that it was in the process of having the gear changed out. How this could have greatly changed the events and the final outcome I guess we'll never know for sure. I am sure that having the tricycle vs the floats made it much easier to land for a non pilot.
Absolutely! I actually covered that, partially, in the beginning of the video. Thank you for interacting and I’m looking forward to the final report.
hey man great name
@@MentourPilot since you're here, would this aircraft have leveled itself out with nobody at the controls? Would it have done this safely?
@@alanhat5252 I think he said Autopilot was disengaged! they would have plummeted into the blue waters below had the passenger not manually done it!
@@otmathibidi1958 small civilian aircraft like this (& I believe all non-military & non-aerobatic aircraft) are inherently self-stabilizing into straight level flight if the controls are left alone & will recover from small gusts of wind etc, my question was how much this self-recovery can cope with?
This was a real aircraft not one in a movie, they're as easy & safe to fly as the manufacturer can design in & Cessna had decades of experience by the time they designed the Caravan.
This whole story is amazing! Even if he had some flying experience, without practice it's easy to be unsure of how to do anything! Everyone was calm, everyone kept their wits about them so they could think and communicate clearly, and this is the best possible ending!
Great video!
I have _ZERO_ flight experience, other than being a passenger.
This kind of videos are helpful to incidents like the one in this video. I know I usually stay calm in extreme situations, I know from experience… I am a cameraman by profession and filmed in war zones, crazy accidents, riots, etc…
Because of your videos I kind of know where _the buttons and switches_ are located. A situation like this one might never happen. And hopefully it won't. But if it does, I want to thank you in advance. 😇
"He's going to get the aircraft down on the ground, one way or another" - truer words have never been spoken. If he doesn't, gravity will.
As the saying goes: "Taking off is optional, landing is mandatory." Glad he was able to do it in a safe manner.
Yep, that's why planes are safer than submarines in my book lol. We've lost plenty of subs at the bottom of the sea, but not a single airplane has gotten stuck in the sky yet! *What goes up...*
@@revenevan11 Old joke about a pilot announcing engines failing one by one and the destination being later each time. A passenger comments, "I hope the last engine doesn't fail or we will be up here all week!"
@@flagmichael There's a Ron White stand up about an engine losing oil pressure, and a nervous passenger asks how far he thinks the other will take them. "To the scene of the crash"
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Haha, good one. Reminds me of another joke, where a passenger asked the pilot about how often that type of aircraft crashed..
The pilot responded, usually only once..
I loved this story! Even though I would never get into a small plane (again) and I still hate flying, it had a great ending. I appreciate every pilot and flight crew I have ever had an experience with in the past. Your channel is absolutely awesome. I prefer your stories over other airplane accident channels because it leaves out the passenger information and leaves only the technical data. I can watch the stories without it bringing tears to my eyes. I also love how you explain everything so I can understand without dumbing it down too much for your pilot subscribers. Thank you from a non-pilot!
That’s awesome to hear! I’m so happy to have you following the channel.
Thanks! 💕
This is so cool. He was so calm, he knew how to avoid a stall. He knew how to navigate, the controls etc. Harrison must have been a very curious passenger..piloting is very technical.. no small feat
Great video. I do like the way you analyse, explain and teach. Long retired but certainly the aviation industry can benefit from your work. Well done.
He got the Clot Shot
I commented above but would like to add those who were not fuel injected had to leave the industry leading to even more pilot shortages.@@deansacca781
It definitely helped that he’d A: Spent a fair bit of time in small planes so he’d had some time to observe what the pilots do (and had probably had a cheeky go on the controls before) and B: Had a fear about what might happen on a flight with a solo captain should the captain become incapacitated, so he’d watched videos on flying on UA-cam before.
I feel like both left him in a better position during this emergency, however it’s commendable how quickly and calmly he reacted to level the plane without stalling it.
It takes a lot of training and practice to respond as a team to an emergency situation quickly and effectively. As someone in a job that has the ocasional "all hands on deck" situations, I'm in awe and humbled by ATC's teamwork. Darren wouldn't had been able to land without their help.
Congratulations to everyone who took part in this landing and navigation. I have to commend everyone's sharp thinking (even as early as the pilot letting everyone know he didnt feel too hot) and willfulness to not be resigned to their fate and rise to the occasion. A happy ending on all counts even if it is still traumatic.
Those guys did an amazing jobs.
I think a tuneable emergency radio should be in every tower, because it's really useful.
As somebody who nearly lives in polarised sun glasses, I think he would have noticed straight away. Because it's very obvious and a slight tilt of the head would have shown that it was that issue. Something that he'd be used too.
I hope the Pilot is ok
There is another thrilling video with a similar story. A 77 year old British gentleman found himself in a small plane in the dark with a dead pilot. He had never flied a plane. With the help from ground he achieved to land the plane. Amazing.
He also had to fly the aircraft without any functioning interior lights.
I remember that one, I think he knew his friend had died and said he just wanted to get his body back safe
Congrats to that guy, and glad the pilot made it! This reminds me of the older gentleman who was a passenger of a GA aircraft in England. His friend, the pilot, died at the controls and it ended up that a RAF pilot talked him down. It just shows how the aviation community comes together to help each other when it’s needed.
It's amazing to see so many people work together effectively to prevent a disaster and get everyone on the ground safely. I also thought it was really sweet that the others in the area congratulated Harrison after he successfully landed. All around a really great story.
Also, I'm not that into aviation, like at all, but the way you laid out the information made it really easy for even someone like me, who's only ever been in a plane once, to understand.
it really is amazing how well that turned out. Congrats on Harrison for doing something quite amazing honestly. it takes schooling for most to be able to pull what he did. he saved not only himself but the pilot and his co-passenger
This was amazing, it's good to see people come together like this, I'm glad everyone walked away unscathed. The only question I have left is now that he's got a taste of what it's like to be a pilot, which flight school will he be enrolling in?
Right lol, it's either flight school or never leaving the ground again for this guy now, right? I don't make the rules 🤷♂️😂
He stated emphatically in an interview that he had no interest in flight lessons and his wife said "absolutely not!"
He said he’s never getting in another airplane again unless there’s at least two pilots :)
@@knockeledup That's probably fair to be honest...
@@knockeledup Although-the surest way to guarantee there are at least two pilots would be for him to become one himself
If he was fishing he most certainly had polarized sunglasses.
An interesting theory on the screens. I think this phenomenon needs to be more widely known. I recently thought my camera was broken because the screen kept just going black sometimes for no obvious reason. It's only when I coincidentally turned it 90 degrees one time and could see it again that I realised it might be the polarization on my new sunglasses.
I think it makes perfect sense, _especially_ because they had just been on a fishing trip. Polarised sunglasses are very common amongst sporting fishers as the polarisation repels some of the ambient light's reflections off the water's surface, allowing you to see what's below more clearly.
That was an AMAZING cooperation of many people and facilities, and even more a great awareness of this very unusal situation and the needed solutions. Huge applause to everyone involved. That also shows why videos such as this one are needed to increase common safety.
I love the all the other pilots congratulated him as I was thinking myself this guy would likely make a good pilot with the right training. Although he didn't hear it on the radio he would have likely been told by the air traffic control or the news about the pilots awesome message. Seriously impressive without training to land solo with ATC as Co pilots
It's kind of wholesome to think of all these pilots sitting there waiting with baited breaths, quietly rooting for this guy to make his landing safely and then bursting into congratulations when everything worked out. Not just the ATC and the impromptu pilot who were relieved, but everyone who witnessed this as well.
@@Andreea-kj2sv It is! Minor correction: it's bated (short for "abated"). One rarely or never sees this word except in this phrase, which we still use because it occurs in Shakespeare (in "The Merchant of Venice").
@@Andreea-kj2sv That happened in the film Airplane! from the 80's, I think. I'm sure it happened in all sorts of films, though.
@@thegreathadoken6808 Though I doubt in this case it was "the worst landing in the history of this airport". 😀
@@pauldietz1325 and there is a word for those words
I wonder if after all this, he would consider studying aviation. This is definitely one of the best moments I have seen in aviation during this year. Kudos to that passenger/pilot
I was wondering that, too: After successfully landing that plane, does he have an interest in becoming a pilot? Or the opposite-“That was enough intensity to last me a lifetime and I’m content being a passenger?” Regardless, these guys were outstanding.
@@established_on_the_run I imagine if he did pursue flight school, he'd have a head-start for sure!
Edit: Or should I say this experience gave him some tailwind there? :)
I saw an interview with him, and he said 'no way'
@@MGSLurmey We see what you did there...
Now there's the door...
Sorry...all out of parachutes...
Even if he wanted to, flight school is very expensive, and that expense is absolutely not justified unless he is pursuing a career in aviation.
wow this story is very comforting and touching to see how pilots are more than just pilots, they actually save lives with their knowledge, thanks to Tom Scott for showing me this channel and thank you sir for making these EXCELLENT videos, been looking for such channel for a long time and finally found a good one. RESPECT TO ALL PILOTS OUT THERE.
Imagine if he hadn't been able to land without the display. Imagine if putting on sunglasses had sealed their fates. Yikes.
Amazing that he was able to stay so calm. That was probably the most important thing.
Thank you for doing this video, Petter. While it's highly unlikely a passenger will need to land a commercial jet aircraft, a passenger is likely to have a greater chance to be in this situation in a small commercial prop or private general aviation aircraft. Great job to all involved.
Everybody on the ground that worked so dilligently to get this guy down safely deserve awards...and as for the guy that pulled it off...well..what an absolute legend he is...dont even even know him but feel immensely proud of his demeanour and ability under the most severe pressure...I think if that was me I'd have burst into tears of relief the the second that plane came to a standstill...a sterling effort from everyone involved...just incredible
This is one of the most inspiring stories of team work and perseverance that I’ve seen in quite some time. Thanks for posting such an informative and uplifting video.
Absolutely amazing! You make me glad that every time I fly with my dad (Bonanza 33 of some kind, former flight instructor and handling qualities engineer for the USAF, and aerospace engineering professor - yes, I'm trying to get him to watch your channel) he shows me what he's doing and how to read the instruments, and even how to read the runway approach lights. Between you and him, I feel like I've learned a lot about emergency landing procedures.
Amazing story! I think that Harrison should be granted free flight school up to private pilot class certification. As well as any civilian that successfully lands an aircraft when the pilot becomes incapacitated.
I wonder if airlines or anyone can *at least* give a symbolic "honorary captain" award or something similar in such a scenario. I think he deserves it! I hope he decides to keep flying, too.
That ATC flight instructor was a big part of how this turned out too, as well as help from another passenger and even just the fact that the pilot was able to communicate a little as he became incapacitated. Things really worked out well given the crazy scary circumstances.
It’s all a scam. The guy had hours and hours of flight experience.
@@Mlgraham22 no he didn't. stop wasting people's time with your bs
@@Mlgraham22 believe it or not airplanes aren't that difficult to fly, especially modern cesnas
@@dodgeplow If he really did, wouldn't he have taken over and not let the dive happen in the first place?
The passenger showed an outstanding degree of calmness and control, and ATC worked brilliantly to adapt and guide him. Amazing story!
Panic is the enemy. This guys calm demeanor is what got the plane home safe
this is amazing, just so uplifting that people can come together and work things out & just all be winners, made my day to watch this, thank you for covering this, i'm hoping when the final report is out that you will cover it, team work, united as one in the same cause, thank you covering these things
That's why the dude was a CEO type person. Big balls, determination and attitude. Harrison deserves all of the success he will get.
As always Mentour has the best coverage of the incident. This was widely publicised, but no-one has come close to the quality on this channel.
My favorite part of the incident is that the pilots on the ground were cheering him on when he landed. I wish the passenger who landed would’ve been able to hear them.
What a lovely story! The fact that it didn't end up with a catastrophic failure is a wonderful mind peace.. Thanks for sharing this with us sir. Fly safe 💖
Petter, just a quick message to say I love everything you do on YT. When each video hits, it feels like Christmas morning. I'm aware that may sound a little OTT, but I really appreciate your work.
I literally feel exactly the same and also share my thanks and appreciation to Petter for his excellent videos. they brighten my world a lot.
+1 on that!
"...beautiful new glass cockpit, which is really really good if you know how to operate it."
This phrase at 08:53 made me laughing hard. As rather new student pilot who spends a lot more time on cockpit with steam gauges rather than one equipped with G1000, I wholeheartedly agree! Experienced that few times, looking where to check XPDR or set the pressure.
My congrats to everyone involved, super glad they got back to the ground unharmed! This is incredible story of resilience and cooperation!
I noticed the transponder controls way down at the bottom. No wonder he didn't see them, especially with the sunglasses problem.
@@flagmichael yea, and it requires few button clicks to change it. And you as a pilot don't usually change XPDR settings for VFR, but pre-takeoff and descent checklits require to check it.
That's one of the reasons why I couldn't easily go back into aircraft maintenance - all my training was on steam gauges, and it would take me a while to learn my way around the glass cockpit.
It's kind of weird that this is the third video I've seen in the past couple of years about a passenger having to land a Cessna because the Pilot died or was incapacitated. Like it's a regular thing. I have to say that these are the video's that give me the most anxiety!! But also the most pride in the perseverance of humans! Well done! I hope I'm never in that situation.
" Captain Harrison "passed his first uncertified solo...thanks to ATC ofcourse. He would make an excellent pilot...hats off to him!!!!!! And speedy recovery to the pilot that helped him. Thanks for posting Captain Petter Sir...A major salute to all .
He never called "Mayday, Mayday, Mayday?" When I was young and imagined being a hero in such situations, that was always the most exciting part.
Perhaps he didn't know about that ?
He was only a passenger after all, with no pilot experience and probably no flight simulator on his computer, not everyone likes aviation in the sense of trying to understand how airplanes work, what all the buttons in the cockpit do etc...
Amazing story. How this guy kept his cool is beyond words. I love the last part about how his heart rate sky-rocketed after he landed.
What a great story. I love the part where all the other pilots are congratulating him on his first landing. Hopefully the pilot is doing better now. What would be really cool is if Harrison decided to become a pilot.
Amazing coverage of this, especially with it being such a new story. Though this wasn’t a crew, this shows how CRM can save an otherwise grim situation, in this case with absolutely outstanding team work with ATC (them acting as the “crew”). Also, though he’s not a pilot, him prioritizing Aviation first is why they’re alive.
I'm not surprised that his heart rate when up after landing. There were reports from WW2 of shot-up bomber crews returning from a raid where they did not feel any pain until landing. But when they were back home safe, the screaming started.
Heat of battle
@@KendraAndTheLaw Adrenalin. It lets you get away from the danger to a safe place so you can lie down and attempt to recover.
There’s definitely something to that. While I haven’t had to land a plane, I have been in an emergency situation with someone else’s life on the line. I didn’t have time to be scared. All my brain processing power was focused on handling the situation and my friends said that I was “freakishly calm” in their words.
But afterwards after the ambulance had arrived and taken over from me, well, that’s when it felt like my knees had turned to jelly and my limbs shook so badly I ended up on my butt at the side of the road. But lucky for me two surprisingly nice police officers helped get me to my feet and sat me on the back seat of their squad car so I was sitting sideways with my feet on the pavement. It seemed like ages before the shaking stopped and I felt reasonably calm again. They told me that was normal.
This was such an amazing event. An unconscious pilot with two passengers on board. Harrison’s nascent understanding of planes saved the day. Having the ATC controller who”s a CFI on station made the difference. He might not know the specifics , but he can certainly talk a nonpilot down. Really impressive save by everyone involved. I’m always impressed by our aviation and ATC community. They are the best.
Storytelling, and flight simulations (?) are just amazing. You also did a very fantastic, good job by telling this story to us, Mentour Pilot!
There is much more to this event: 1) The passenger was a personal friend of the owner 2) The passenger had flown on this particular aircraft numerous times; estimating by one credentialed individual being 150-180 hours. 3) Does anyone really believe that he did not grasp the concept of this aircraft and probably flew the right seat?
Dude even passenger of motorcycle and car can't grasp concept of driving in hundreds of hours if they didn't drive. How one that one guy sit next to pilot that never flown could do like pilot do even a bit?
@@nurhaqim7159 I received my Private Pilot Certificate and subsequent Instrument Rating in 1983. I have had friends fly with me in the right seat and after a few flights would be competent enough to land an aircraft. This person, while not holding any FAA Certificate, was competent enough to ignore instructions and make correct decisions to safely land. There is much more to this Fake News story.
@@lonestarhog7407 What instructions did he ignore?
He likely got to go In the pilots seat many times without anyone knowing .
Harrison was the man the pilot and his friend picked up for the return trip from the Bahamas. The friend, not Harrison, was in the right front seat. When the pilot had to be moved to the back Harrison and the friend moved him; then Harrison took the front seat (the left one) for the first time. Lots of people are getting the two of them confused.
This guy is what I imagine when I think about being in such situation where pilot is not able to fly... Being calm, ready, know some basics and not panicking. Perfect awarness about what will save his live and what not. Great job of all that help him! Love how all those ATC guys know what to say and how to make someone to follow quite complicated topics. Now he can go and make pilot licence like nothing :) Thank you for great story
What a terrific video, for all kinds of reasons! It just shows how a team can get something done. Kudos to the passenger/pilot and ATC. Really inspirational. Best wishes to all 👏👍
Wow! Not just the story, this coverage was great. So much detail gathered in one place to flesh this story out.
That was quite a first solo!
I'm so grateful this was covered, saw the news story in my feed and immediately thought "Mentour Pilot or Mentour Now" and been glued to my notifications since then! Thanks for the vid!
I’m glad that the pilot survived! I always enjoy your telling of the story and your perspective of explaining these incidents.
What a great story. Mr grandson just soloed yesterday and his instructor told him his landing was 'butter'
Your videos are so in depth, topped off with your pilots knowledge you make it easy to understand what's happening and more importantly why it's happening. I wish I could learn to fly. I'm fascinated by aviation. Keep up the good work I look forward to getting the notifications when you post a new vid 💪💪
Same situation happened to me and my 2 friends in June 1986. Plane was a Siai Marchetti 205. I-IBAD. Pilot lost conscience and none of us had any flight experience. Airport was Genova Sestri, GOA, in Italy. We were teenagers at that time. We landed safely with some tower support and an experienced pilot who trained us for landing in less than 10 minutes flight. lol
I heard all the amazing story but 290kts!! That's incredible that he managed to recover that alone from a relatively low altitude.
That was what impressed me. It would have been way too easy to undercontrol or overcontrol with disastrous results. The other parts for landing were more detailed but not that touchy, I expect.
Edit: looking around it appears the Vne for the 208 is 186 kts; I think we misheard the number or it was misspoken. Exceeding Vne by much is strongly advised against by aerodynamics.
someone mentioned the rating is around 200 so thank you safety factor in design?
I’ve watched dozens and dozens of Mentour Pilot! This one is absolutely one of your very best! Amazing how they were able to pull it off! Wow!
Mr Harrison is really intelligent and brave. Little Emme thinks the angels were helping out on that day and everyone cooperated.
Amazingly cool and collected passenger, great ATC and to be fair a legendarily rugged aircraft :-)! This could easily have ended with everyone dead, really impressive recovery of the aircraft. Great teamwork by everyone!