News channels in the US state of Florida are looking for the mysterious passenger whose pilot managed to land the plane that passed out.
The voice of the unknown passenger saying “I don’t know how to stop the plane” is broadcast over and over again in the news.
The other hero of the incident, which took place on Tuesday afternoon, was an air traffic controller who is also a flight instructor.
Robert Morgan, at Palm Beach Airport, was on a break when he was notified of the emergency.
He started to guide the passenger step by step, who said, “There is a serious situation here. My pilot passed out. He is not himself.”
In the cockpit tower conversation recordings, the passenger said that he did not know his location, but could only see the Florida coast.
‘I don’t know how to do anything’
Here are some parts of the speech that took place at an altitude of 2750 meters:
Tower: “Try to keep the wings in line and follow the shore south or north. We’re trying to locate it.”
Passenger: “I can’t even open the navigation screen. Any ideas on this?”
Passenger: “I don’t know how to stop this plane. I don’t know how to do anything”
The 20-year-old trainer had also never used this model airplane before.
But Morgan managed to navigate with the help of the cockpit map of the single-engine Cessna 208.
In the footage, the air traffic controller instructs him to “take the lever forward very slowly and descend slowly” as the moment of landing approaches.
Robert Morgan recounted those moments in television interviews:
“I knew I had to keep him calm. I guided him to the track, explained how to reduce power so he could land.
“I felt like crying when it landed. Because there was so much adrenaline built up.”
‘He is the hero in my eyes’
When the mystery passenger and Morgan met on the runway, they hugged and posed for a photo.
However, Morgan explained that he couldn’t hear the passenger’s name because of excitement in his interviews. “He is the hero in my eyes, I was just doing my job,” he said.
Describing the moment they met, Morgan said the man told her, “I just want to go to my pregnant wife.”
The pilot, who lost consciousness in the air, was taken to the hospital. His identity or why he passed out is not yet known.
Authorities noted that there was another passenger on the plane from the Bahamas at the time of the incident.