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Florida man with zero flying experience, Darren Harrison, 39, forced to land Cessna 208 when pilot suffers medical emergency last week, and he was on the Today show yesterday to describe this "life or death" situation.
With the plane in a nosedive, Harrison realized that if he wanted to live, he needed to take charge.
Harrison reached over the unconscious pilot's body, grabbed the controls, and pulled back on the stick to level the aircraft out, something he called "common sense." Harrison then lifted the pilot out of the seat so he could better guide the plane. With the help of a flight instructor who is also an air traffic controller, Robert Morgan, he was able to land the plane succesfully!
Watch the interview here.