“The Plane Went Silent at 30,000 Feet — Until an 11-Year-Old Girl Took the Pilot’s Seat”

447 from San Francisco to Seattle was a routine afternoon service, the kind that pilots flew dozens of times each month. The Boeing 737-800 carried 156 passengers and 6 crew members. Captain James Morrison and First Officer Kelly Tran had flown together for 2 years and had developed an easy rapport in the cockpit.

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