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

you something. Can you both do that?”

Patricia and Martin nodded.

“Mr. Ross, I need you to read out altitude and air speed when I ask. Can you do that?”

“Yes.”

“Okay.”

Mia’s voice was steady despite her racing heart. “Beginning approach to runway 16.”

She began a wide descending turn, setting up for what pilots called a left downwind approach, flying parallel continue reading …