A Royal Air Force Hawk pilot had an eye infection that deteriorated while in flight and he was able to make a safe landing after another pilot flew alongside him to talk him down.
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By Tim Felce (Airwolfhound) (Hawk – RIAT 2012Uploaded by russavia) [CC BY-SA 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons
The happened last month at RAF Leeming and the service confirmed the incident took place on Jan. 28.
“The impaired pilot flew in formation back to RAF Leeming with the other aircraft where the pilot landed the aircraft uneventfully. Flying in formation, and conducting an approach to land as a formation, is a skill practised daily by RAF fast jet pilots.”