passenger near the flight deck. He didn’t want distractions. And he certainly didn’t want to explain to a cabin full of people that the captain was incapacitated and the aircraft might need to divert.
He returned to the controls.
The aircraft’s flight-control system had disconnected the autopilot after detecting conditions that required the crew to take over. Mark was now hand-flying while managing the abnormal engine indications.
He had trained for these situations.
But training did not make the workload disappear.
He had to maintain control, assess the engine, communicate
