Woman Lands Plane After Pilot Husband's Medical Emergency
Yvonne Kinane-Wells successfully took control of the aircraft and landed it with assistance from air traffic controllers after her husband, Eliot Alper, became incapacitated.
- Eliot Alper, a real estate broker, suffered a heart attack while piloting a Beechcraft King Air 90 from Henderson, Nevada, to Monterey, California.
- With no prior flying experience, Kinane-Wells managed to land the plane safely at Meadows Field Airport in Bakersfield, California.
- Air traffic controllers provided crucial guidance to Kinane-Wells during the emergency landing.
- Emergency services were on standby and followed the plane down the runway as it landed.
- Alper was taken to the hospital but later died; the National Transportation Safety Board and FAA are investigating the incident.
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