I needed a picture of plane arm rests, but also found a handy guide to how to land a plane if the pilot is unconscious or unwell.
Wikihow tells you how to check that the plane is flying level. How to engage autopilot. How to contact, speak and listen, to helpers on the ground, air traffic conrollers, in the aiport control tower, starting with the word Mayday, said three times. How to identify various controls. It is a bit like driving a car, or riding a bicycle. Levers to go forward and back, rotate.
You never know when you might need this. If everybody knows, somebody can take over in an emergency.
At very least, it provides entertainment when chatting over dinner when travelling. When not travelling, you could use the information to write a short story about a drama when travelling.
Although I cannot find any reports of a giant Jumo jet being landed by a passenger, there is a you tube video and newspaper reports about a passenger landing a small plane in Florida when the pilot fell ill.
You need to know several things. How to right the plane if it is going down, up or turning around in circles. How to direct it down safely. How to stop it after you land.
Another story is of a child taking over.
Useful Website
https://www.wikihow.com/Land-an-Airplane-in-an-Emergency
Passenger lands plane
https://edition.cnn.com/travel/article/florida-passenger-lands-plane/index.html
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PnoKuGcieNI
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