Passenger who landed plane relied on ‘common sense’ in heroic moment

The hero passenger who miraculously landed a plane on his own has insisted he never once thought he would die — even remaining “calm and collected” in a high-speed nosedive when his pilot first fell sick.

Darren Harrison, 39, told the “Today” show in an interview that aired Monday that he relied on “common sense” to level the nosediving single-engine Cessna while reaching across the body of the sick pilot.

“I knew if I didn’t react, then we would die,” the expectant dad recalled nonchalantly.

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