They Locked a “Confused Grandmother” Out of the Cockpit During an Engine Failure—Then Two F-35 Fighters Recognized Her Call Sign

feeling the flight was running out of time to treat this as an ordinary technical issue.

Chapter Three: The First Officer’s Mistake

Mark Jensen had been a commercial pilot for six years.

He was thirty-four years old, ambitious, and proud of the position he had worked hard to earn.

He had logged hundreds of hours in the aircraft type and believed he understood how to handle difficult situations.

But this was the first time he had experienced an engine problem that developed while the captain was becoming seriously unwell.

Captain