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Connecticut Woman Lands Airplane On Martha’s Vineyard After Pilot Suffers Medical Emergency

Connecticut Woman Lands Airplane On Martha’s Vineyard After Pilot Suffers Medical Emergency

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A small airplane was on its way from Westchester, New York to West Tisbury, Martha's Vineyard this past weekend when the one-year-short-of-being-an-octogenarian pilot suffered a medical emergency on final approach, requiring a Connecticut woman who is not a pilot to take over the craft. The woman crashed the airplane near the runway sometime around 3:15 p.m. on Saturday, July 15, USA Today reported.

A small airplane was on its way from Westchester, New York to West Tisbury, Martha's Vineyard this past weekend when the one-year-short-of-being-an-octogenarian pilot suffered a medical emergency on final approach, requiring a Connecticut woman who is not a pilot to take over the craft. The woman crashed the airplane near the runway sometime around 3:15 p.m. on Saturday, July 15, USA Today reported.…