Sky hero: Pilot guides young Michigan pilot through emergency landing over the radio
At Oakland County International Airport on Wednesday afternoon, we interviewed student pilot Taylor Hash about a recent flight she piloted on Friday, March 24.
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Waterford, MI: Northwest Suburb of Detroit.
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The live air traffic radio feed starts with veteran pilot Chris Yates coming over the radio and telling the control tower, "Hey that Diamond Star that just took off lost its nose wheel tire on the runway at rotation."
Over the radio you can hear tower respond, "Nobody has seen this before."
Hash said, "I didn’t know what to do in that moment."
Yates, the former director of aviation at SpaceX, could hear the anxiety in Hash's voice and stepped in to coach her through the landing.
Over the radio he said to Hash; "Taylor this is Chris, my daughter’s name is Taylor and I taught her to fly! We’re gonna be just fine kiddo."