Pilot Lands Plane After Prosthetic Arm Falls Off Controls

A commercial pilot with a prosthetic arm momentarily lost control while landing his aircraft in Belfast, Ireland, when his prosthetic arm fell off the controls.

The 46-year-old senior captain was making a "flare maneuver" to level the plane right before touching down at the Belfast City Airport on Feb. 12, when "his prosthetic limb became detached from the yoke clamp, depriving him of control of the aircraft," according to a report on Thursday from the UK's Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB).

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The flight, operated by Flybe and carrying 47 passengers on a Dash 8 aircraft, was coming into the airport in windy conditions. Instead of getting the co-pilot to steer for him, the pilot decided to move his right hand from the power levers of the craft to the steering column. Read more...

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