Hero PASSENGER steps in to land plane carrying 200 people after the captain falls ill mid-way through flight from Bangkok to Delhi
Senior pilot became 'incapacitated' at the controls on Jet Airways flight
A passenger stepped in to land a plane carrying 200 people after the captain fell ill mid-air.
The Jet Airways flight 9W063 was half-way through its journey from Bangkok to Delhi when the senior pilot was said to have become 'incapacitated' at the controls.
His co-pilot Samir Malhotra was forced to declare an emergency, but was helped to safely land the aircraft by another Jet Airways pilot who happened to be travelling as a passenger.
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