‘Not today’: The twin miracles of Palm Beach

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Joe Sexton

The pilot went unconscious at 10,000 feet. Neither of the passengers had ever flown a plane. For them to survive, it would take a miracle. Or two.

Shortly before noon on May 10, 2022, the Cessna Caravan, bound from Marsh Harbor in the Bahamas to Fort Pierce, Fla., was cruising comfortably at 12,000 feet. The plane’s airspeed was good—180 knots—and Fort Pierce was just 30 minutes away.

The weather that morning was spectacular—so clear, crisp and sun drenched that Ken Allen, the 64-year-old pilot, took out his phone to record video from the cockpit window. All these years on, being airborne over the Atlantic could still take his breath away.

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    […] I had a nightmare about this many years ago. The pilot was incapacitated and I had to fly the damn plane. I did have a 10 minute run on a Lufthansa flight simulation facility many years ago and I crashed while landing lol. Anyway, what an inspiring story: ‘Not today’: The twin miracles of Palm Beach. […]

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