Hero Passenger Lands Plane After Her Pilot Suffers Cardiac Arrest

nnPicture it: you’re happily sitting aboard a plane and the pilot falls over unconscious.nnIt’s the stuff of nightmares and Hollywood movies, but for one Californian, it was all too real.nnOn what was supposed to be a flight from Las Vegas to Monterrey, the twin-engine aircraft was diverted to Bakersfield before the pilot went into cardiac arrest.nnA “brave” female passenger took the helm and received instructions from Kern County air traffic control tower at the airport at Meadows Field, where county airport director Ron Brewster spoke to NBC about the ordeal.nn”We were able to get fire, ambulance and everybody on stand-by so as the aircraft came to a stop they were getting medical attention in seconds,” he said.nnAudio released by the Kern County Airport Authority captures some of the instructions given to the passenger who was instructed to keep her airspeed at around 132 mph.nnBoth GNN and Discovery Channel’s Mythbusters have shown that passengers possessing no flight experience whatsoever can be talked into landing a plane successfully.nnOTHER DISASTERS AVERTED: Remarkable Man Averts Oil Tanker Disaster by Crowdfunding to Remove Crumbling Ship From Red SeannThe best thing to do in the situation is to get in contact with an air traffic controller.nnAIRLINE MIRACLES: ‘Miracle’ Evacuation from Burning Japanese Airplane Credited to ‘Disciplined’ Passengers and CrewnnThe name of the woman has not been released, nor details about how many were on the flight, but Brewster said she was dealing with the tragedy as best she could, referring to the unfortunate ending that the pilot took the 7:30 a.m. non-stop to heaven, and was pronounced dead at the hospital.nnWATCH the story below from NBC…nn[raw] [/raw]nnSHARE This Brave, Capable Woman Averting Disaster And Making It Out In One Piece…