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    Student pilot lands plane after teacher’s midair heart attack

    Max Sylvester, a trainee pilot in Australia, was forced to land a plane for the first time when his instructor passed out mid-flight from an apparent heart attack. He landed the jet safely with help from air traffic control. NBC’s Tom Costello reports for TODAY.