An 80-year-old US woman with little flying experience has
staged an emergency landing in Wisconsin after her pilot husband collapsed and
died.

 

Helen Collins remained calm as she brought the small Cessna plane in to land
at Cherryland Airport, even though she said she knew her husband was dead.

 

She had taken basic lessons in taking off and landing 30 years ago, her son
told the Associated Press news agency.

 

James Collins, also a trained pilot, helped guide his mother down via
radio.

 

Mrs Collins and her husband John were coming back from their holiday home in
Florida when he suffered a fatal heart attack in the cockpit.

 

She called the police and local pilot Robert Vuksanovic went up in another
small plane to try to help guide the Cessna down.