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Trainee pilot lands plane safely after instructor passes out

A student pilot in Australia safely landed a light aircraft during a flying lesson, after his instructor passed out at the controls.

It was his third ever flying lesson, and his first in a Cessna plane.

Operators at an airport in Perth helped him guide the aircraft to the ground.

The instructor was taken to hospital in a stable condition.

Photo: Getty Images
Credit: A Cessna light plane mid-air

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