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Amy Walker

Hero passenger 'knew he would die' if he didn't land plane when pilot passed out

The heroic passenger who landed a small plane in Florida after the pilot passed out despite having no experience has spoken out about the "life or death situation".

Darren Harrison, 39, revealed his reaction had been "just common sense" after realising that he might never see his wife Brittney - who is seven months pregnant - again in an interview with NBC's Today Show.

The father-of-two had been returning from a fishing trip in the Bahamas last Tuesday when the pilot said over the tannoy: "Guys, I gotta tell you, I don't feel good."

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