Air Traffic Controller Text Messages Airplane to Safe Landing

Switched has picked up on ban amazing story first reported by the Irish Times, whereby an Irish Air traffic controller helped guide a seriously malfunctioning plane to a safe landing - via text message.

"In an effort to establish any form of contact with someone back on the ground, he phoned a controller at the Cork airport and spoke only momentarily of his troubles before losing voice signal. The quick-thinking controller decided to switch up his conversation method to texting, eventually providing sufficient details to safely guide the pilot in."

emily | 9:20 PM | Enhanced Keyboards for SMS |
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