A passenger was forced to land a small plane in North Carolina over the weekend when the pilot – a prominent Duke University professor – suffered a fatal medical emergency.
Joseph Izatt was at the controls of a Cirrus SR-20 on Sunday afternoon when he suffered an unexplained health complication, WRAL News reported.
The unnamed passenger – who was the only other person on board – took over and safely landed the aircraft at Raleigh-Durham International Airport around 4:50 p.m., the outlet explained.
“I knew I was witnessing something,” onlooker Eevan Caulfield told ABC11.
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