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by brightball 1507 days ago
I heard the story on the radio this morning and they said that not only was the controller a certified instructor but he flew this specific plane so he knew how to direct him to everything on the panel! Really incredible bit of coincidence.
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albert_e 1507 days ago
On the contrary the CNN story [0] said the controller was NOT familiar with this specific plane so he got a print out of the dashboard of that model so that he can guide the "pilot" properly. There was also a picture.

[0] https://edition.cnn.com/travel/article/florida-passenger-lan...

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jt2190 1507 days ago
Text-only: https://lite.cnn.com/en/article/h_058efe221cb8dff299fa7abcf3...
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chopin 1506 days ago
I always thought that in such a situation ATC would get a flight instructor with experience on that plane to the mic as quick as possible.

I have a couple of landings in a commercial simulator (A380 and 747). It is manageable in good weather and in proper landing configuration. But I would have no idea how to operate the instruments properly. I'd need someone very familiar with the plane to talk me into the proper configuration.

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ColinWright 1507 days ago
From one of the other submissions:

"Morgan had never flown this model Cessna. He pulled up a picture of the instrument panel's layout and started guiding his new student step-by-step."

Morgan was the ATC.

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