Updated On: 14 April, 2009 11:05 AM IST | | Agencies
The passenger has a licence to fly a plane, but not the King Air that he was travelling in. He saved the lives of five people
A passenger landed a twin-engine plane at Southwest Florida International Airport in the USA after the pilot died in flight, saving five people.
Federal Aviation Administration officials say the pilot died after takeoff from Marco Island Executive Airport on Sunday. The plane was on autopilot and climbing passed 10,000 feet when the pilot died.