passenger helps land jumbo jet....!!
 

A German passenger has been hailed a hero after taking over the controls of a plane and helping it land at Dublin airport.

Details have emerged of how the off-duty pilot offered to help the flight crew after the first officer of the Lufthansa Boeing 747 became ill while flying over the Atlantic on Monday.

The flight from Newark to Frankfurt was diverted to Dublin after the co-pilot suffered an incapacitating migraine.

When the cabin crew announced the plane was being diverted, the passenger asked why and then offered to help, pointing out he was a qualified pilot.

The German national helped bring the plane down safely in an emergency landing at the airport in the Irish capital shortly before 6am.
Ireland's Air Accident Investigations Unit is examining the incident.

A Lufthansa spokeswoman said the man who stepped in was fully licensed to operate and fly the 747. "In such circumstances it's absolutely normal procedure for the pilot, the flight captain, to continue to operate the aircraft," she said. "Also, where necessary, the cabin crew are fully trained and can be called upon to read checklists back to the pilot. The procedures are in place for such an eventuality. "

Lufthansa | Passenger helps land 747 jumbo jet

Please do a search before you post...this is old news and it's wrong...he did NOT take over any controls, there was NO emergency landing, and he is NOT a hero...it's all BS reporting to sell papers...please do not put this nonsense out there as if it relevant...

I saw this news when searching something else.... In the webpage of Sunday morning herald it showed that The news was published on Nov 21 2012 by Henry Mcdonald.

I didnt knew that it was an old post. Nor I havent heard about that before...
Iam sure that Not all members in this forum are update as "YOU" are....!!!

No sure if id let a NON COMPANY pilot even into the flight deck. bit of a security gamble id say , unless he can provide some credentials.

If the story has any credibility, im sure the good samaritan only got to read the checklist and maybe ATC...

Yet another folk tale to sell papers..

True story, North American 767 pilot who does have credentials. Not really a big deal, unless your trying to sell newspapers.