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Tuesday, April 3, 2012

Woman 80, lands plane after pilot dies at controls

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Source: Yahoo! 7 News - 

An 80-year-old woman was able to successfully land a twin-engine airplane in northeastern Wisconsin after her husband became unconscious at the controls and died.

Door County Sheriff Terry Vogel says the dispatch center was told just after 5 pm on Monday that a Cessna about 10 km south of Sturgeon Bay had declared an emergency.




The pilot, an 81-year-old man from the Sturgeon Bay area, had suffered a medical emergency and was unconscious.

His wife, who was the passenger, was flying the plane.

A certified pilot was able to fly alongside the plane and coach the wife. Just after 6 p.m., her right engine ran out of fuel and lost power.

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