万花筒 2013-10-23&10-26 机长病倒 乘客驾机降落

 A pilot in England fell ill and became unconscious during a flight and the only one to land the plane was a passenger with instructions over the radio. The BBC's Andy Moore has more on the story.

 

Surrounded by emergency vehicles, a light aircraft safely on the ground at Humberside Airport. A full emergency alert¹ has been declared as a pilot made a mayday call and then fell unconscious. It was left to the passenger to land the aircraft, which eventually did after three or four attempts.

 

There're a fewsparks during 3 or 4 crashes.I almost felt the copilot hitting the floor then the all marched again and it came to stop.

 

It's understood the passenger may have had some experience of flying but he hadn't landed an aircraft before. A flying instructor² helped talking down on the radio.

 

It's a fantastic feeling knowing that I’ve achieved something and so probably saved somebody's life, cause I think without any sort told down that it is going to the ground.

 

The condition of the pilot who fell ill isn't known. His passenger is said to be a very relieved³ man.

1 alert   

adj.机警的，活泼的，机灵的；vt.使...警觉

参考例句：

• Drivers must be on the alert for traffic signals.驾驶员必须密切注意交通信号。
• The rabbIt'seems to be very alert all its life.兔子似乎一生都小心翼翼，十分警觉。

2 instructor   

n.指导者，教员，教练

参考例句：

• The college jumped him from instructor to full professor.大学突然把他从讲师提升为正教授。
• The skiing instructor was a tall,sunburnt man.滑雪教练是一个高高个子晒得黑黑的男子。

3 relieved   

a.如释重负的

参考例句：

• You'll be relieved to know your jobs are safe. 现在知道你们的工作保住了，可以放心了。
• Your coming relieved me of the bother of writing a long letter. 你来了，省去我写长信的麻烦了。