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Final Boarding Call · August 19 · 53 min

Cessna N333LD

A single-engine plane is over the Atlantic between the Bahamas and the Florida coast when the pilot goes silent at the controls. In the back sits a 39-year-old flooring salesman who has never touched an airplane, a magnetic compass, a friend frozen with fear, and a voice on the radio who wasn't supposed to be working that day. Join Alice and Zach for the story of a routine flight home that becomes one of the most improbable emergencies in modern aviation — and the strangers whose paths collide on a single May afternoon in South Florida. Sources: "'Not today': The twin miracles of Palm Beach" by Joe Sexton - The Sunday Long Read "Miracle in the Air: Air Traffic Controllers Guide Passenger to Land Plane Safely" - FAA "The Air Up There" podcast "A passenger with no flying experience landed a plane at a Florida airport after the pilot became incapacitated" - CNN "'Absolutely incredible': Pilot reacts to passenger with no flight experience landing plane at PBIA" - WPBF ATC audio archives from Fort Pierce Tower and Palm Beach International - LiveATC.net Aircraft registration record for N333LD - FAA Aircraft Registry Surface weather observation for Palm Beach International, May 10, 2022 - Iowa Environmental Mesonet "Aortic Dissection" - Cleveland Clinic "Aortic Dissection" - American Heart Association Find FINAL BOARDING CALL online: Website: finalboardingcallpodcast.com Email: finalboardingcallpodcast@gmail.com Instagram: @FinalBoardingCallPod Facebook: Final Boarding Call Credits: Final Boarding Call is hosted by Alice Stern and Zach Stemas, researched and written by Alice Stern, produced and edited by Alice Stern and Zach Stemas.

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A single-engine plane is over the Atlantic between the Bahamas and the Florida coast when the pilot goes silent at the controls. In the back sits a 39-year-old flooring salesman who has never touched an airplane, a magnetic compass, a friend frozen with fear, and a voice on the radio who wasn't supposed to be working that day. Join Alice and Zach for the story of a routine flight home that becomes one of the most improbable emergencies in modern aviation — and the strangers whose paths collide on a single May afternoon in South Florida.

Sources:

  • "'Not today': The twin miracles of Palm Beach" by Joe Sexton - The Sunday Long Read
  • "Miracle in the Air: Air Traffic Controllers Guide Passenger to Land Plane Safely" - FAA "The Air Up There" podcast
  • "A passenger with no flying experience landed a plane at a Florida airport after the pilot became incapacitated" - CNN
  • "'Absolutely incredible': Pilot reacts to passenger with no flight experience landing plane at PBIA" - WPBF
  • ATC audio archives from Fort Pierce Tower and Palm Beach International - LiveATC.net
  • Aircraft registration record for N333LD - FAA Aircraft Registry
  • Surface weather observation for Palm Beach International, May 10, 2022 - Iowa Environmental Mesonet
  • "Aortic Dissection" - Cleveland Clinic
  • "Aortic Dissection" - American Heart Association

Find FINAL BOARDING CALL online:


Credits: Final Boarding Call is hosted by Alice Stern and Zach Stemas, researched and written by Alice Stern, produced and edited by Alice Stern and Zach Stemas.

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