Woman with No Experience Lands Plane After Husband's Heart Attack

Yvonne Kinane-Wells safely landed the aircraft in Bakersfield, California, following detailed guidance from air traffic control.

Eliot Alper, 78, suffered a heart attack while piloting a Beechcraft King Air 90 from Nevada to California.
His wife, Yvonne Kinane-Wells, 69, with no formal flight training, took over the controls.
Air traffic control provided step-by-step instructions to help her land the plane safely at Meadows Field Airport.
Kinane-Wells used the entire 11,000-foot runway to stop the aircraft, which was intercepted by emergency crews.
The FAA and NTSB are investigating the incident, which has been described as unprecedented by local officials.