Unconscious Pilot at Controls of Plane Over Gulf of Mexico

[Vidiot]

Happening now, west of Tampa and about 150 miles south of Crestview, FL. Live coverage on CNN as I type.

CNN reports two F-15s have been scrambled, report windows iced over at 28K feet. Aircraft is now below 10K feet.

http://flightaware.com/live/flight/N48DL

[NYCA News]

NYCAviation:

Unconscious Pilot at Controls of Plane Over Gulf of Mexico (http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/nycaviation/~3/hH03hcwL7No/)

Two F-15 pilots Thursday morning discovered that the pilot of a plane flying aimlessly over the Gulf of Mexico was apparently unconscious.http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nycaviation/~4/hH03hcwL7No
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[megatop412]

looks like he hit the water a few minutes ago

[hiss srq]

This one hits pretty close to home for me. Pete was a frequent visitor at SRQ in the old FBO I started out in many years ago. I was flying all day yesterday myself (including a quick pit stop in Sarasota) and only heard bits and peices through texts from friends about this crash. Rest in Peace Mr. Hertzak.

[Derf]

Sorry for your loss

[Perriwen]

Pretty close to home to me too...Slidell was the town I grew up in.