Passenger lands Cessna 208 after pilot emergency in Florida

On May 10, a passenger on a flight to Florida in a Cessna 208 Caravan — the same single-engine model flown by many air carriers in Alaska, including Alaska Seaplanes – successfully landed the aircraft with assistance from an air traffic controller after the pilot suffered a medical emergency.

Passenger Darren Harrison was on a flight from the Bahamas to Florida when the pilot became unresponsive. The plane began to nosedive, and Harrison, who works…