Shut name after man grabs controls throughout college’s promotional flight

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Investigators mentioned there was no deliberate intent to crash the plane, which landed safely at Norwood Airport.

A small aircraft made an emergency touchdown in Norwood on Friday morning after a passenger grabbed the controls in the course of the flight, based on officers.

Norwood police mentioned the pilot landed the Cessna 172 at Norwood Memorial Airport “out of an abundance of warning” after a 60-year-old man grabbed the management yoke and “tried to maneuver it round.” Police described the passenger as an individual with a developmental dysfunction who was on a promotional flight together with his sister. 

Investigators mentioned there was no deliberate intent to crash the plane.

“The pilot, who’s an skilled flight teacher, was capable of preserve management of the airplane [and] maintained contact with air site visitors controllers,” Norwood police mentioned in a press launch.

The Cessna landed safely at 11:45 a.m. There have been no accidents, and the aircraft didn’t maintain any harm, based on the assertion.

No felony fees are anticipated to be filed. Nonetheless, the incident was reported to the Federal Aviation Administration and MassDOT, as is commonplace process, based on officers.

The flight was a part of a particular promotion by Horizon Aviation, a flight college that operates out of Norwood Airport and T.F. Inexperienced Airport in Warwick, Rhode Island.

Originally posted 2023-05-27 00:16:35.