Thank you very much Ken. You definitely had an incredible group of people who stepped up and performed perfectly to achieve the best possible outcome to what could have been an awful tragedy. I try to research all of the available information as thoroughly as possible before re-creating an aviation emergency (it helps that I've been a licensed pilot since 1979). Then I try to tell the story as concisely and quickly as possible to stay within the limited attention spans of viewers. This is the first pilot incapacitation event that I've worked on where the pilot lived to fly another day. That really makes for a happy ending with the best possible outcome for everyone involved. I recently saw you on the Today Show. I sounds like you are recovering very well and that is great news. Thank you so much for your comment and for hanging in there. Kindest regards, Tim

Tim, I have watched many accounts of our incident all over the media and most have many of the facts wrong. I was really impressed with your detail and accuracy. It shows how much research you did and that you didn’t give in to speculation. I definitely feel blessed to be alive and able to fly again. The Today Show was a way to share some good news in a world filled with tragedies. I look forward to seeing more of your videos. Keep up the great work !!

Lucky you, I saw a joke recently of a guy telling the crew he had extensive hours on Microsoft Flight Simulator... seems this might actually be a decent idea just in case. :)

What a great story of calm in an emergency. And also of the amazing professional performance and aviation safety systems and aircraft design. I was a radio tech with an international airport, the emergency transceiver is a triple redundant system almost never used. Glad to hear you worked it as you did. Smart thing to keep contact.

I spoke with Dr Patel last week and I learned what had happened. Dr Patel repaired my mitral valve over a year ago.

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That would be like an open heart surgeon asking me if I could finish his surgery! AAACK, NOPE.! Thankfully I was never put in that situation.

Well said!

G singapore. Where to. Learn free pilot licence. Please. I am. In hobby of flying please

Thanks for tuning in.

Ya he showed so much grace under pressure, I would fly with him, he would make a great pilot!

"I think Darren is going to become a pilot, lol" Since it was a CFI who talked him down, I think the FAA should cut them some slack and allow him log it as "dual" based on it being such an unusual situation. And what a cool entry it would be to have in a logbook.

Darren's reply when asked if he wanted to become a pilot after this, Priceless...lol

​@@phillipzx3754can't say I blame the man.

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I think the fact that the ATC and CFI maintained protocol probably helped Darren to maintain his calmness. It also probably made the approach/ appear more normal, if not routine. Also, the purpose of that nomenclature/convention is to ensure clarity when speaking over the microphone which would have been especially important since they were using an old fashioned handheld mic as opposed to headsets. For example, my name, "Charlie Oscar Lima Lima Echo Echo November" is clear when using dictation then "Colleen." My evidence is that I can't count how many times voice typing has transcribed my name as Colin or colon. Bottom line: Criticism is easy but not warranted.

“”The LORD GOD was with Darren Harrison, he even spoke about how he THANKED the LORD 🙏 when he landed 🛬 “” 📖 PSALM 121: 1 & 2 Awesome assurance of people who truly believe in the Almighty GOD.

Totally agree that God helps us in these situations! It's got to be a very scary situation for the non pilot

Yea that what happened to my brother-in-law. But he was in the drivers seat of an 18 wheeler that just happened to be at a traffic stop light. Fortunately at the hospital one Dr. realized what he was suffering and had him life flighted to a better hospital hat saved his life. They told him later he should not have lived through it and should have died in his truck seat.

Any chest-back pain is evaluated for other causes. A dissection can be detected on a chest X-ray , a ct scan or an echo. Loss of circulation or loss of function of lower extremities is another indicator- but is a late sign. Certainly an emergency and need cardiac surgery with a skilled surgeon.

They DID NOT auger in. Living folks, NOT dead. Every single part by everybody was divine. How beautiful to KNOW is that real Americans still exist. Glad for all. GBU All & your Families! Thanks for posting. Just subbed!

@@laurachurch6450 If that had been the case with Ritter, he would gave lived. Only three types of imaging studies can identify aortic aneurysms and dissections: CT, MRI and transesophageal echo. A chest x-ray or EKG cannot rule out dissection. It was his widow Yasmin's work in establishing The John Ritter foundation and The Ritter Rules that has improved professional awareness and response to emergency presentations of chest and back pain.

I have been thinking about this and I believe that most of the pilots could have a blood pressure test and oxygen finger monitor test before entering the plan and a hart restart in the first aid ⛑️ to help the pilots but planes must have adequate space to get out of the seat to enable safe removal from the plane instrument safety to help C/O/R and recovery position

Wow, thanks!

Glad it was helpful!

I think you had to re enact this flight for the video, but the land was smooth! Smooth as a babies bum!

Thanks for that!

I agree. Me, I always liked first all the videos I watched 👀 then after watching them, if I liked their content, then I would subscribe right away after watching one of their videos. 😊

Wow, thank you so much! I'm glad you enjoyed the content. Best regards, from Tim

Agreed. I'd watched a different video about this before. Watched this one to the end.

@@FSMaNiA.. That was a great video. I thoroughly enjoyed it. The part I liked most was how you followed up with answering ALL the questions you must have known the viewers would have been asking themselves. Even before the end, I was wondering if the pilot lived and so many other things. The feedback from the people actually involved in this drama, sharing their feelings and thoughts was awesome. As I have already said, Great video, Cheers from Australia.

@@FSMaNiA , dang ! It might be my eyeballs were overdue for a bit of a rinse, but especially ATC's voice @ 18:30 "three lima delta, for now descend and maintain three thousand . . . ... we have ... a flight instructor and he's going to help you maneuver the airplane. . . " had me blubbering like a baby whose falling cradle was caught in a bear hug ! B---)

Wow, thank you!

I'll second that! Kudos to the creator.

Yes, including all the Palm Beach golf course communities. 😎

Glad you enjoyed it!

Thank you very much Ron! I just did a quick (Google search) check of the Archie Awards. I don't know if Robert Morgan KPBI Controller was nominated but he was not chosen for the 2022 or 2023 award. One thing that may have hurt him was not having a recording of the Motorola PET 2000 Emergency Radio Communications available. It's a shame they don't have a way to record those communications. I had to create those communications using information gleaned from various media interviews with both Robert and Darren. At any rate, it was a great outcome. Very good to hear from you. Text me sometime if you want to have lunch and catch up! Best regards, Tim

​@@FSMaNiAwhere can I find Darren's interview?

@@donitawhite8111 the NBC interview is posted here: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/p8h9otyI2tHOkqc.html Cheers, Tim

I have several hours in various small planes, never logged them... f I got my license, my solo would be the last time I fly without someone in the co-pilot seat with a clue, especially if there are other people in the plane.

Glad it was helpful. Best, Tim

The Fort Pierce Tower Controller did not ask the souls onboard or fuel remaining questions. It’s possible and probable that the West Palm Beach Supervisor asked on the emergency radio but those communications weren’t recorded. I haven’t seen a report or transcript of that portion of the communications.

Thank you kindly!

This has been on many channels, and mega 👍 up.

Thank you for sharing about your father.

I'm happy to hear your dad survived.

God bless you and your father.

100 percent agreed with Darren’s performance. It’s obvious from the radio communications he knew very little about aviation but he kept his cool and saved three lives with excellent guidance from ATC. Thanks for chiming in and best regards. Tim

Yes it was!

Thank you for the encouraging words! Best regards, Tim

Thank you kindly! I really appreciate the positive feedback! Best regards, Tim

marybarry2230 .. I would like to think I could be calm, In my dreams🤣but being in a situation like that is a different story than your dreams. That young bloke did an amazing job

@jimdavis6833 thank you for sharing this first hand knowledge. Glad to hear your going strong at 84. Best regards, Tim

Aortic dissection Not to be confused with Abdominal aortic aneurysm or Aortic rupture. Aortic dissection (AD) occurs when an injury to the innermost layer of the aorta allows blood to flow between the layers of the aortic wall, forcing the layers apart.[3] In most cases, this is associated with a sudden onset of severe chest or back pain, often described as "tearing" in character.[1][2] Vomiting, sweating, and lightheadedness may also occur.[2] Damage to other organs may result from the decreased blood supply, such as stroke, lower extremity ischemia, or mesenteric ischemia.[2] Aortic dissection can quickly lead to death from insufficient blood flow to the heart or complete rupture of the aorta.[2]

It does seem a bit perplexing. He may have been in shock? He may have been trying to wake Ken up? It’s a mystery to me.

I note that Russ figured out the headset problem right away. I don’t know what else he could have done under these circumstances - except maybe hunt for a manual?

Russ did a good thing, an important thing. Remember he said the pilot's feet were near his hand and he kept tapping at Ken's foot. Thinking it might help keep him in the world of the living. That counts for something because Ken's diagnosis was extremely serious.

He did sound as calm as most pilots on the radio for sure. He also used some aviation terminology which was helpful. One minor mistake was; pilots never use "10-4". We use, roger that, understood, or wilco (will comply). In an effort to avoid misunderstandings, we also repeat all ATC clearances back to the controller along with our aircraft's tail number. We can shorten the tail number to the last three after the initial contact with ATC, i.e., Caravan N333LD (Caravan triple three lima delta) can be shortened to Caravan three lima delta or just three lima delta. Everybody talks rapid fire on ATC frequencies to minimize frequency congestion (especially in busy airspace). We all understand each other because the phraseology is standard and we mostly know what the controller is going to say before they say it. We just listen for key info and then repeat if back for clarification. Probably way more information than you needed but good times! Cheers and best regards, Tim

I remember hearing that he had sat in the right seat of that aircr@ft on multiple occasions and in fact had flown it as well under the supervision of his friend in the left seat. Who knows. Seems plausible.

@fuzzyjax Don’t believe everything thing you hear. Darren never flew in the right seat of this Caravan with his friend coaching him from the left seat. Darren’s friend was not qualified to fly the Caravan.

Thanks Dane! Great to hear from you! Hope you’re doing well. Best regards, Tim

Eh, is the pay any better than it was a decade or two back?

@@billyh844 likely not. We were both military my husband is only just retiring next year so we will see

I mean….how do you top this 🤷🏼‍♀️😂

Glad you enjoyed it and best regards from Tim!

His was actually in his heart, he had no chance sadly.

Thank you very much. This incident ended as well as you could ask for under the circumstances! Good to hear from you and best regards, Tim

Hi TIm. Its Dennis. (golfguyw5) Hope all is going well for you. WIll touch base along the way.

I recognized your username and thumbnail Dennis. I’m enjoying retirement immensely. Hope you’re doing well old friend.

I’m pretty sure adrenaline helped. His quick action saved three lives that day.

can you imagine? and there was absolutely NO time to panic or think, that plane was gonna breakup and crash at any second! absolutely horrifying

@kneel1 No kidding. Insanity... I don't know how it didn't break up.

@FSMaNiA Yes it did. I thought 2,500 FPM was a bit much on a descent. Couldn't imagine 6,500 FPM descent and add a steep bank angle. Dang...

lets NOT use Gods Holy name as an expletive. one must Honor Jesus to get into heaven, dont forget. HE is the one who holds the keys to Heaven and hell, so chose your words carefully about Him.

Indeed!

He was fortunate to be flying with the right passengers and to have landed near a surgical center that had the capacity to accommodate his heart issue. Cheers

more like his pokedup aftermath @@FSMaNiA

@Lauren-vd4qe take your conspiracy theory whackomaniac bs somewhere else where you have a gullible audience of Flat Earthers. Nobody with half a brain cell is buying what you’re selling.

Thanks!

Glad you enjoyed it.

Couldn't have said it better myself. Thanks and cheers! Tim

10 4 lol

Very true, the actual flying the machine is easy it's all the other stuff that's hard.

@@msmrepo3271 "the actual flying the machine is easy" Less so than you think.

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Thank you kindly!

Glad you enjoyed it!

Glad you enjoyed it

Glad you enjoyed it!

Thank you kindly. I’ve been working on this one on and off for a few months. There was a lot of good information to try to pack in to 38 minutes. Happy to finally get it published. Cheers from Tim!

Thank you kindly!

Thanks much @KyleCowden. It seemed like Darren was having trouble finding the heading and airspeed data on the PFD. He was able to read altitude and vertical speed early on. I am also a fan of steam gauge’s since those are what I learned to fly with. I am also a fan of modern technology especially when it works. 😎

@@FSMaNiA It's probably silly but I trust mechanical over digital. I know, I know. They've been proven, torture tested, etc. I still have this nagging feeling that with one good bolt of lightening, *PFFFT*. Now you have the Windows BSD for instruments. Of course, when my grand son, who had trained mostly in steam gauges took his check ride, he was exactly on... not within limits, exactly on flying the G1000.

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Thank you kindly!

It seems you and Pilot Ken were very fortunate to have survived the heart emergency. I hope you are doing well. Best regards, Tim