It’s a nightmare scenario for any passenger on an airplane: Your pilot and co-pilot are unconscious or worse and there is no one on board who can fly a plane.
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Luckily there is still hope. Many of these large aircraft have features that can lead to a safe landing, even by an unskilled pilot. The key is to be familiar with the equipment before you get into that situation.
The following video takes the very common 737 control panel and walks you through a landing, from first entering the cockpit and finding the pilots incapacitated to calling air traffic control.
Check it out, it may come in handy one day:
Would you be able to execute this safely? Share your thoughts in the comments below!
