{"id":8418787,"date":"2026-08-01T10:07:58","date_gmt":"2026-08-01T08:07:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/doug-white-king-air-passenger-landing-2009\/"},"modified":"2026-08-01T10:13:34","modified_gmt":"2026-08-01T08:13:34","slug":"doug-white-atterraggio-di-un-king-air-nel-2009","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/it\/doug-white-king-air-passenger-landing-2009\/","title":{"rendered":"Un passeggero ha fatto atterrare l&#039;aereo dopo la morte del pilota."},"content":{"rendered":"<style>.et_pb_title_container h1.entry-title { padding-top: 40px !important; }<\/style><p>Doug White stava vivendo la settimana peggiore della sua vita. Lui, sua moglie Terri e le loro due figlie stavano tornando in aereo in Louisiana dalla Florida, dove avevano appena seppellito suo fratello. Era la domenica di Pasqua del 2009. White, un pilota privato di 56 anni che aveva sempre e solo pilotato piccoli Cessna monomotore, aveva da poco acquistato un Beechcraft King Air e sedeva in cabina di pilotaggio semplicemente per osservare e imparare.<\/p><p>Meno di dieci minuti dopo il decollo, mentre sorvolava il Golfo, il pilota professionista ai comandi, Joe Cabuk, gemette, si accasci\u00f2 e mor\u00ec. In un istante, un padre di famiglia senza esperienza su un bimotore veloce e complesso era l&#039;unica persona a bordo in grado di pilotarlo.<\/p><p>Premette il pulsante della radio e dichiar\u00f2 l&#039;emergenza. Ci\u00f2 che segu\u00ec fu una delle pi\u00f9 belle storie a lieto fine dell&#039;aviazione moderna: una serie di voci calme, un istruttore chiamato al telefono e uno dei migliori atterraggi della vita di White.<\/p>\r\n<div style=\"background:#f5f5f5;padding:20px 24px;margin:24px 0;border-radius:8px\"><p style=\"margin:0 0 10px;font-weight:700;font-size:18px;color:#222\">Informazioni rapide<\/p><table style=\"width:100%;border-collapse:collapse;font-size:15px\"><tr><td style=\"padding:6px 12px 6px 0;font-weight:600;color:#333;vertical-align:top;white-space:nowrap\">Data<\/td><td style=\"padding:6px 0;color:#444\">Domenica di Pasqua, 12 aprile 2009<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"padding:6px 12px 6px 0;font-weight:600;color:#333;vertical-align:top;white-space:nowrap\">pilota passeggero<\/td><td style=\"padding:6px 0;color:#444\">Doug White, 56 anni \u2014 abilitato solo su Cessna 172 monomotore (circa 150 ore di volo)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"padding:6px 12px 6px 0;font-weight:600;color:#333;vertical-align:top;white-space:nowrap\">Aeromobili<\/td><td style=\"padding:6px 0;color:#444\">Beechcraft King Air 200 bimotore turboelica (N559DW), che aveva appena acquistato<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"padding:6px 12px 6px 0;font-weight:600;color:#333;vertical-align:top;white-space:nowrap\">Pilota deceduto<\/td><td style=\"padding:6px 0;color:#444\">Joe Cabuk, pilota di voli charter ed ex aviatore dell&#039;aeronautica militare.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"padding:6px 12px 6px 0;font-weight:600;color:#333;vertical-align:top;white-space:nowrap\">Partenza<\/td><td style=\"padding:6px 0;color:#444\">Marco Island, Florida<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"padding:6px 12px 6px 0;font-weight:600;color:#333;vertical-align:top;white-space:nowrap\">Aiuto<\/td><td style=\"padding:6px 0;color:#444\">Controllori del traffico aereo e istruttrice di King Air Kari Sorenson, collegati telefonicamente<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"padding:6px 12px 6px 0;font-weight:600;color:#333;vertical-align:top;white-space:nowrap\">Approdo<\/td><td style=\"padding:6px 0;color:#444\">Aeroporto Internazionale della Florida sud-occidentale, Fort Myers<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"padding:6px 12px 6px 0;font-weight:600;color:#333;vertical-align:top;white-space:nowrap\">Risultato<\/td><td style=\"padding:6px 0;color:#444\">Un atterraggio sicuro; sua moglie e le sue due figlie sono sopravvissute.<\/td><\/tr><\/table><\/div>\r\n<h2 style=\"padding-top:22px\">Una famiglia che torna a casa in aereo dopo un funerale.<\/h2><p>I White avevano noleggiato il bimotore turboelica per il triste viaggio di ritorno dopo il funerale. Doug sedeva sul sedile di destra, puramente per passione, ascoltando le comunicazioni del controllo del traffico aereo e guardando fuori dal finestrino. Cabuk aveva l&#039;aereo in pilota automatico, intento a completare i controlli di salita, quando tutto cambi\u00f2.<\/p>\r\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\" style=\"margin:0 0 24px;width:100%\"><img data-opt-id=1618086300  fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"skip-lazy\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" loading=\"eager\" width=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ml5psubhxdln.i.optimole.com\/cb:0e0_.b970\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/ig:avif\/https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/08\/southwest-florida-international-airport.jpg\" alt=\"Aeroporto Internazionale della Florida sud-occidentale\" style=\"width:100%;height:auto;max-width:100%;display:block;border-radius:6px\"><figcaption style=\"font-size:13px;color:#777;text-align:center;margin-top:6px;font-style:italic\">Aeroporto internazionale della Florida sud-occidentale a Fort Myers, dove White fece atterrare il King Air. Wikimedia Commons.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\r\n<h2 style=\"padding-top:22px\">Il pilota collassa in pochi secondi<\/h2><p>Il King Air continuava a salire oltre la quota impostata. White premette il pulsante di trasmissione e chiam\u00f2 il Centro di controllo di Miami, dichiar\u00f2 l&#039;emergenza e chiese l&#039;unica cosa di cui sapeva di aver bisogno: un pilota di King Air in linea. Il divario tra un Cessna 172 e un King Air, disse in seguito, \u00e8 come passare da una Volkswagen a un&#039;auto da corsa.<\/p>\r\n<div style=\"position:relative;padding-bottom:56.25%;height:0;overflow:hidden;margin:24px 0\"><iframe class=\"skip-lazy\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/XhMom-YHgoU\" style=\"position:absolute;top:0;left:0;width:100%;height:100%;border:0;border-radius:8px\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\r\n<p style=\"font-size:14px;color:#777;font-style:italic;text-align:center;margin-top:-12px\">La registrazione audio originale della chiamata di emergenza del controllo del traffico aereo.<\/p>\r\n<div style=\"background:#f8f9fa;border-left:4px solid #5C91FF;padding:20px 22px;margin:18px 0 24px;border-radius:0 8px 8px 0;font-size:16px;line-height:1.7;display:flex;gap:20px;align-items:flex-start\"><div><em>\u201cDevo dichiarare l\u2019emergenza. Il mio pilota \u00e8 morto. Ho bisogno di aiuto. Sto pilotando un King Air.\u2019<\/em><div style=\"margin-top:10px;font-size:14px;color:#555\"><strong>Doug White<\/strong> \u2014 Comunicazione radio al controllo del traffico aereo (CNN, 2010)<\/div><\/div><\/div>\r\n<h2 style=\"padding-top:22px\">Voci calme e un istruttore al telefono<\/h2><p>Una controllore di volo di Miami, a sua volta pilota, ha istruito White a disattivare il pilota automatico e a pilotare manualmente l&#039;aereo. A Fort Myers, un controllore ha telefonato a un istruttore di volo abilitato per il King Air che conosceva, Kari Sorenson, il quale ha trasmesso a White, mentre quest&#039;ultimo sfrecciava a oltre 200 nodi, solo i passaggi pi\u00f9 critici: posizioni dei comandi, velocit\u00e0, configurazione.<\/p>\r\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\" style=\"margin:0 0 24px;width:100%\"><img data-opt-id=64588963  fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"skip-lazy\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" loading=\"eager\" width=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ml5psubhxdln.i.optimole.com\/cb:0e0_.b970\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/ig:avif\/https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/08\/beechcraft-king-air-200-private.jpg\" alt=\"Beechcraft King Air 200\" style=\"width:100%;height:auto;max-width:100%;display:block;border-radius:6px\"><figcaption style=\"font-size:13px;color:#777;text-align:center;margin-top:6px;font-style:italic\">Un Beechcraft King Air 200 dello stesso tipo: un bimotore veloce e complesso, ben diverso dal Cessna monomotore di White. Wikimedia Commons.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\r\n<h2 style=\"padding-top:22px\">L&#039;atterraggio a Fort Myers<\/h2><p>Guidato verso la lunga pista dell&#039;aeroporto internazionale della Florida sud-occidentale, White abbass\u00f2 il carrello, ottenne tre luci verdi, estese i flap e mantenne la velocit\u00e0 come raccomandato. Allarmi e segnali acustici riempivano la cabina di pilotaggio, ma lui si concentr\u00f2 sulla velocit\u00e0 e sul mantenere le ali livellate. L&#039;atterraggio fu, a suo dire, perfetto, e poi dovette ricevere istruzioni via radio su come spegnere i motori.<\/p>\r\n<div style=\"position:relative;padding-bottom:56.25%;height:0;overflow:hidden;margin:24px 0\"><iframe class=\"skip-lazy\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/L4ge9W9UodY\" style=\"position:absolute;top:0;left:0;width:100%;height:100%;border:0;border-radius:8px\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\r\n<p style=\"font-size:14px;color:#777;font-style:italic;text-align:center;margin-top:-12px\">La descrizione dettagliata dell&#039;atterraggio da parte del pilota.<\/p>\r\n<div style=\"background:#f8f9fa;border-left:4px solid #1565c0;padding:20px 22px;margin:18px 0 24px;border-radius:0 8px 8px 0;font-size:16px;line-height:1.7;display:flex;gap:20px;align-items:flex-start\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ml5psubhxdln.i.optimole.com\/cb:0e0_.b970\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/ig:avif\/https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/08\/beechcraft-king-air-200-private.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"flex-shrink:0\"><img data-opt-id=64588963  data-opt-src=\"https:\/\/ml5psubhxdln.i.optimole.com\/cb:0e0_.b970\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/ig:avif\/https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/08\/beechcraft-king-air-200-private.jpg\"  decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20100%%20100%%22%20width%3D%22100%%22%20height%3D%22100%%22%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%22100%%22%20height%3D%22100%%22%20fill%3D%22transparent%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" alt=\"Doug White\" style=\"width:96px;height:96px;border-radius:50%;object-fit:cover;display:block;border:2px solid #ddd\"><\/a><div><em>\u201c&quot;A dire il vero, \u00e8 atterrato proprio come un razzo. Non ha saltato n\u00e9 rimbalzato. Si \u00e8 semplicemente posato e si \u00e8 fermato in 3.500 piedi o meno.&quot;\u201d<\/em><div style=\"margin-top:10px;font-size:14px;color:#555\"><strong>Doug White<\/strong> \u2014 Al suo atterraggio (AOPA, 2009)<\/div><\/div><\/div>\r\n<h2 style=\"padding-top:22px\">Incontro con i suoi copiloti<\/h2><p>Un anno dopo, White incontr\u00f2 finalmente la squadra che lo aveva convinto a desistere, durante una cerimonia di premiazione per i controllori di volo. &quot;Queste persone hanno salvato la mia famiglia&quot;, disse; l&#039;istruttore si meravigli\u00f2 del fatto che White avesse imparato a pilotare l&#039;aereo in venti minuti. La storia ispir\u00f2 in seguito un film, con Dennis Quaid nel ruolo del pilota riluttante che riport\u00f2 a casa la sua famiglia.<\/p>\r\n<div style=\"position:relative;padding-bottom:56.25%;height:0;overflow:hidden;margin:24px 0\"><iframe class=\"skip-lazy\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/OfbBhaVF8J0\" style=\"position:absolute;top:0;left:0;width:100%;height:100%;border:0;border-radius:8px\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\r\n<p style=\"font-size:14px;color:#777;font-style:italic;text-align:center;margin-top:-12px\">Doug White racconta la storia in prima persona.<\/p><p style=\"font-size:14px;color:#666;font-style:italic;margin-top:20px\">Fonti: Wikipedia (Doug White); AOPA (2009); CNN (2010). Le foto del King Air mostrano lo stesso tipo, non l&#039;aereo reale.<\/p>\r\n<div style=\"background:#f0f4ff;border-left:4px solid #5C91FF;padding:16px 20px;margin:32px 0 8px;border-radius:0 8px 8px 0\"><p style=\"margin:0 0 8px;font-weight:600;color:#333\">Post correlati<\/p><p style=\"margin:4px 0\"><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/qantas-32-a380-engine-explosion-singapore\/\">L&#039;A380 che si rifiut\u00f2 di morire<\/a><\/p><p style=\"margin:4px 0\"><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/faa-5g-radio-altimeter-final-rule-2026\/\">La FAA pone fine alla battaglia sul 5G nella cabina di pilotaggio.<\/a><\/p><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Un pilota privato abilitato esclusivamente a pilotare Cessna \u00e8 riuscito ad atterrare con un Beechcraft King Air dopo che il pilota professionista era deceduto in volo, salvando cos\u00ec la sua famiglia, il tutto sotto la guida del controllo del traffico aereo e di un istruttore al telefono.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":26,"featured_media":8418568,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"editor_notices":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[665,666],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8418787","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-aviation-world","category-history-and-legends"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Doug White: Passenger Lands the King Air<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"A Cessna-only private pilot landed a Beechcraft King Air after his pilot died mid-flight, saving his family, guided by ATC and an instructor on the phone.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/doug-white-king-air-passenger-landing-2009\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"it_IT\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Doug White: Passenger Lands the King Air\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"A Cessna-only private pilot landed a Beechcraft King Air after his pilot died mid-flight, saving his family, guided by ATC and an instructor on the phone.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/doug-white-king-air-passenger-landing-2009\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Afterburner - MiGFlug&#039;s Magazine\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/MiGFlug\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-08-01T08:07:58+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-08-01T08:13:34+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/ml5psubhxdln.i.optimole.com\/cb:0e0_.b970\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/ig:avif\/https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/08\/king-air-200-doug-white.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1288\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"966\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Joseph Duncan\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@migflug\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@migflug\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Joseph Duncan\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"5 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/migflug.com\\\/jetflights\\\/doug-white-king-air-passenger-landing-2009\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/migflug.com\\\/jetflights\\\/doug-white-king-air-passenger-landing-2009\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Joseph Duncan\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/migflug.com\\\/jetflights\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/b969321b26faa21775f0c40e141cdf85\"},\"headline\":\"A Passenger Landed the Plane After His Pilot Died\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-08-01T08:07:58+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-08-01T08:13:34+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/migflug.com\\\/jetflights\\\/doug-white-king-air-passenger-landing-2009\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":724,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/migflug.com\\\/jetflights\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/migflug.com\\\/jetflights\\\/doug-white-king-air-passenger-landing-2009\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\/\\/migflug.com\\/jetflights\\/wp-content\\/uploads\\/sites\\/4\\/2026\\/08\\/king-air-200-doug-white.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"Aviation World\",\"History &amp; Legends\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/migflug.com\\\/jetflights\\\/doug-white-king-air-passenger-landing-2009\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/migflug.com\\\/jetflights\\\/doug-white-king-air-passenger-landing-2009\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/migflug.com\\\/jetflights\\\/doug-white-king-air-passenger-landing-2009\\\/\",\"name\":\"Doug White: Passenger Lands the King Air\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/migflug.com\\\/jetflights\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/migflug.com\\\/jetflights\\\/doug-white-king-air-passenger-landing-2009\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/migflug.com\\\/jetflights\\\/doug-white-king-air-passenger-landing-2009\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\/\\/migflug.com\\/jetflights\\/wp-content\\/uploads\\/sites\\/4\\/2026\\/08\\/king-air-200-doug-white.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-08-01T08:07:58+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-08-01T08:13:34+00:00\",\"description\":\"A Cessna-only private pilot landed a Beechcraft King Air after his pilot died mid-flight, saving his family, guided by ATC and an instructor on the phone.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/migflug.com\\\/jetflights\\\/doug-white-king-air-passenger-landing-2009\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/migflug.com\\\/jetflights\\\/doug-white-king-air-passenger-landing-2009\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/migflug.com\\\/jetflights\\\/doug-white-king-air-passenger-landing-2009\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\/\\/migflug.com\\/jetflights\\/wp-content\\/uploads\\/sites\\/4\\/2026\\/08\\/king-air-200-doug-white.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\/\\/migflug.com\\/jetflights\\/wp-content\\/uploads\\/sites\\/4\\/2026\\/08\\/king-air-200-doug-white.jpg\",\"width\":1288,\"height\":966,\"caption\":\"A Beechcraft King Air 200 of the same type Doug White landed\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/migflug.com\\\/jetflights\\\/doug-white-king-air-passenger-landing-2009\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Startseite\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/migflug.com\\\/jetflights\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"A Passenger Landed the Plane After His Pilot Died\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/migflug.com\\\/jetflights\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/migflug.com\\\/jetflights\\\/\",\"name\":\"Afterburner - MiGFlug's Magazine\",\"description\":\"for those interested in flying military jets and aviation related  topics\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/migflug.com\\\/jetflights\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/migflug.com\\\/jetflights\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/migflug.com\\\/jetflights\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"MiGFlug GmbH\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/migflug.com\\\/jetflights\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/migflug.com\\\/jetflights\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\/\\/ml5psubhxdln.i.optimole.com\\/cb:0e0_.b970\\/w:897\\/h:278\\/q:mauto\\/ig:avif\\/https:\\/\\/migflug.com\\/jetflights\\/wp-content\\/uploads\\/sites\\/4\\/2026\\/06\\/MIGFLUG_LOGO-no-background.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\/\\/ml5psubhxdln.i.optimole.com\\/cb:0e0_.b970\\/w:897\\/h:278\\/q:mauto\\/ig:avif\\/https:\\/\\/migflug.com\\/jetflights\\/wp-content\\/uploads\\/sites\\/4\\/2026\\/06\\/MIGFLUG_LOGO-no-background.png\",\"width\":897,\"height\":278,\"caption\":\"MiGFlug GmbH\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/migflug.com\\\/jetflights\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/MiGFlug\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/migflug\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.instagram.com\\\/migflug\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.youtube.com\\\/user\\\/MiGFlug\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.linkedin.com\\\/company\\\/migflug.com\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.pinterest.ch\\\/migflug\\\/\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/migflug.com\\\/jetflights\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/b969321b26faa21775f0c40e141cdf85\",\"name\":\"Joseph Duncan\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/cd6d4cc4c63e8c05a1f5db9308c285d6dd9753e6d076a39f8c5ed9a7d9f7c523?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/cd6d4cc4c63e8c05a1f5db9308c285d6dd9753e6d076a39f8c5ed9a7d9f7c523?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/cd6d4cc4c63e8c05a1f5db9308c285d6dd9753e6d076a39f8c5ed9a7d9f7c523?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Joseph Duncan\"},\"description\":\"Joseph Duncan covers breaking defence news \u2014 fast, sharp dispatches on the Pentagon, procurement and the world\u2019s air forces.\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/migflug.com\\\/jetflights\\\/it\\\/author\\\/josephduncan\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Doug White: Un passeggero fa atterrare il King Air","description":"Un pilota privato, abilitato esclusivamente a pilotare aerei Cessna, \u00e8 riuscito ad atterrare con un Beechcraft King Air dopo la morte in volo del suo pilota, salvando cos\u00ec la sua famiglia, grazie alle indicazioni del controllo del traffico aereo e di un istruttore al telefono.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/doug-white-king-air-passenger-landing-2009\/","og_locale":"it_IT","og_type":"article","og_title":"Doug White: Passenger Lands the King Air","og_description":"A Cessna-only private pilot landed a Beechcraft King Air after his pilot died mid-flight, saving his family, guided by ATC and an instructor on the phone.","og_url":"https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/doug-white-king-air-passenger-landing-2009\/","og_site_name":"Afterburner - MiGFlug's Magazine","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/MiGFlug\/","article_published_time":"2026-08-01T08:07:58+00:00","article_modified_time":"2026-08-01T08:13:34+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1288,"height":966,"url":"https:\/\/ml5psubhxdln.i.optimole.com\/cb:0e0_.b970\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/ig:avif\/https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/08\/king-air-200-doug-white.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Joseph Duncan","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@migflug","twitter_site":"@migflug","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Joseph Duncan","Est. reading time":"5 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/doug-white-king-air-passenger-landing-2009\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/doug-white-king-air-passenger-landing-2009\/"},"author":{"name":"Joseph Duncan","@id":"https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/#\/schema\/person\/b969321b26faa21775f0c40e141cdf85"},"headline":"A Passenger Landed the Plane After His Pilot Died","datePublished":"2026-08-01T08:07:58+00:00","dateModified":"2026-08-01T08:13:34+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/doug-white-king-air-passenger-landing-2009\/"},"wordCount":724,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/doug-white-king-air-passenger-landing-2009\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/ml5psubhxdln.i.optimole.com\/cb:0e0_.b970\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/ig:avif\/https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/08\/king-air-200-doug-white.jpg","articleSection":["Aviation World","History &amp; Legends"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/doug-white-king-air-passenger-landing-2009\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/doug-white-king-air-passenger-landing-2009\/","url":"https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/doug-white-king-air-passenger-landing-2009\/","name":"Doug White: Un passeggero fa atterrare il King Air","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/doug-white-king-air-passenger-landing-2009\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/doug-white-king-air-passenger-landing-2009\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/ml5psubhxdln.i.optimole.com\/cb:0e0_.b970\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/ig:avif\/https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/08\/king-air-200-doug-white.jpg","datePublished":"2026-08-01T08:07:58+00:00","dateModified":"2026-08-01T08:13:34+00:00","description":"Un pilota privato, abilitato esclusivamente a pilotare aerei Cessna, \u00e8 riuscito ad atterrare con un Beechcraft King Air dopo la morte in volo del suo pilota, salvando cos\u00ec la sua famiglia, grazie alle indicazioni del controllo del traffico aereo e di un istruttore al telefono.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/doug-white-king-air-passenger-landing-2009\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/doug-white-king-air-passenger-landing-2009\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/doug-white-king-air-passenger-landing-2009\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/ml5psubhxdln.i.optimole.com\/cb:0e0_.b970\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/ig:avif\/https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/08\/king-air-200-doug-white.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/ml5psubhxdln.i.optimole.com\/cb:0e0_.b970\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/ig:avif\/https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/08\/king-air-200-doug-white.jpg","width":1288,"height":966,"caption":"A Beechcraft King Air 200 of the same type Doug White landed"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/doug-white-king-air-passenger-landing-2009\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Startseite","item":"https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"A Passenger Landed the Plane After His Pilot Died"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/#website","url":"https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/","name":"Afterburner - La rivista di MiGFlug","description":"Per chi \u00e8 interessato a pilotare aerei militari e argomenti correlati all&#039;aviazione.","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/#organization","name":"MiGFlug GmbH","url":"https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/ml5psubhxdln.i.optimole.com\/cb:0e0_.b970\/w:897\/h:278\/q:mauto\/ig:avif\/https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/06\/MIGFLUG_LOGO-no-background.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/ml5psubhxdln.i.optimole.com\/cb:0e0_.b970\/w:897\/h:278\/q:mauto\/ig:avif\/https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/06\/MIGFLUG_LOGO-no-background.png","width":897,"height":278,"caption":"MiGFlug GmbH"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/MiGFlug\/","https:\/\/x.com\/migflug","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/migflug\/","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/MiGFlug","https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/migflug.com\/","https:\/\/www.pinterest.ch\/migflug\/"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/#\/schema\/person\/b969321b26faa21775f0c40e141cdf85","name":"Giuseppe Duncan","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/cd6d4cc4c63e8c05a1f5db9308c285d6dd9753e6d076a39f8c5ed9a7d9f7c523?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/cd6d4cc4c63e8c05a1f5db9308c285d6dd9753e6d076a39f8c5ed9a7d9f7c523?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/cd6d4cc4c63e8c05a1f5db9308c285d6dd9753e6d076a39f8c5ed9a7d9f7c523?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Joseph Duncan"},"description":"Joseph Duncan si occupa delle ultime notizie in materia di difesa, con reportage rapidi e incisivi sul Pentagono, gli appalti e le forze aeree di tutto il mondo.","url":"https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/it\/author\/josephduncan\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8418787","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/26"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8418787"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8418787\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8418793,"href":"https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8418787\/revisions\/8418793"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8418568"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8418787"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8418787"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8418787"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}