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The 64-year-old pilot of a small plane who passed out in flight, leaving his passenger with no flying experience to land the Cessna in Florida, suffered a tear in his aorta. His surgeon says Kenneth Allen’s recovery has been remarkable. Cardiothoracic surgeon Dr. Nishant Patel and his team operated on Allen at Palm Beach Gardens Medical Center. Allen was flying...

A passenger with no flying experience managed to land a small plane at an airport in West Palm Beach after the pilot suffered a medical emergency during the flight. NBC 6’s Marissa Bagg reports

A small plane was forced to make an emergency landing Friday along a section of Alligator Alley in Broward County. Chopper 6 was over the scene near mile marker 37, where the plane landed in the grass median. No injuries were reported, and no vehicles were struck. One northbound lane remains closed at this time as the investigation continues. Stay…