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Passenger who landed plane says ‘hand of God’ was with him

A Florida man with no flying experience who kept his cool while landing a small plane says the “hand of God” was with him after the pilot collapsed at the controls. Darren Harrison told NBC’s “Today” show that he was headed home from a fishing trip in the Bahamas at the time. He had to reach over the pilot’s body to grab the controls and pull the single-engine Cessna out of a dive off Florida’s Atlantic Coast. He managed to radio for help and was coached by an air traffic controller to a safe landing at Palm Beach International Airport.

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