Aug 10, 2020
158 Emergency Landing of Student Pilot, Instructor Passes Out – Interview Max Sylvester
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Summary
158 Last year, Australian student
pilot Max Sylvester was taking his third flight lesson when his
instructor had a seizure and passed out in the cockpit. Max managed
to set the radio to the Jandakot Airport tower frequency and
declare an emergency. Over the next hour, the air traffic
controller, with the help of an instructor from Max’s flight
school, talked Max down to a a successful landing.
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Max's Landing
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