Wednesday, October 09, 2024 - A woman with no flying experience took control of a plane and landed safely at a California airport after her pilot husband suffered a heart-attack mid-flight on Friday afternoon, October 4, according to reports.
Yvonne Kinane-Wells, 69, called air traffic control to help
guide her through landing the propeller aircraft as her husband, Eliot Alper,
78, lay slumped in the pilot’s seat beside her at 5,900 feet altitude.
The Las Vegas-based real estate agent had never operated a
plane before, but had no other choice after her husband became incapacitated.
The couple were en route from Henderson Executive Airport in Las Vegas to Monterey, California, when Alper started to seize.
Audio obtained by Inside Edition shows
Kinane-Wells’ panic as she confirmed their precarious situation to air traffic
control.
The agent on the other end walked Kinane-Wells through the
landing, advising her to add more power before redirecting her to the nearest
airport.
“We’re going to set you up so that as you level off from
your turn, you’re going to be straight in for Bakersfield Airport. Is that
alright?” the agent said to Kinane-Wells.
Kinane-Wells responded with a shaky confirmation. Minutes later, she successfully emergency landed at Meadows Field Airport in Bakersfield, California for the first time in her life.
Emergency crews on the ground used their emergency vehicles
to intercept the landing plane. Kinane-Wells exceeded the entirety of the
11,000-foot runway, skirting a little off road before coming to a halt.
The Kern County Fire Department immediately took a
still-immobile Alper to the hospital. His current condition is unknown.
Kern County’s director of airports, Ron Brewster, had never
seen a landing quite like Kinane-Wells’.
“It’s to my knowledge unprecedented. I’ve never seen it in
my entire career,” Brewster said, as reported by the Daily Mail.
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