Unqualified Student Pilot Takes Stolen Cirrus SR22 Into LAX Airspace | ATC Guide Him Down Safely

23-year-old Skye Turner has been charged after reportedly flying from Montgomery Field, San Diego, with an expired student pilot certificate, in a stolen Cirrus SR22, and landing (after a side trip to Palm Springs) safely at LAX. The landing took place at about 3 a.m., Friday, on a second attempt. By that time, Turner had been with the aircraft for more than six hours, a source close to the investigation told the Contra Costa Times. It had not even been a day since Joseph Stack’s apparently intentional crash into an Austin office building helped raise concerns about airport security. Concern in Stack’s case arose when early reports inaccurately claimed Stack had stolen his aircraft. A day later, in San Diego, operators of the Coast Flight School were left answering questions about how Turner gained access to an aircraft that belonged to one of their clients and was left in their charge. As for Turner, his first contact with controllers took place at about 2:25 a.m., while he was flying above 11,000 feet and 40 miles out, according to authorities. A spokesman for the controllers union told the Los Angeles Times the young man seemed “confused and disoriented, but could follow instruction.” Because of his location, controllers working the tower at LAX transferred Turner to Southern California Terminal Radar Approach Control in San Diego. And for simplicity those controllers stayed with him throughout the event and guided him to his landing. N443CP #atc #lax audio source - FAA story source - https://www.avweb.com/news/stolen-sr2... https://www.smithsonianmag.com/air-sp... If you like our contents please SUBSCRIBE to our channel    / @flight_follower   All videos are licensed under Creative Commons or used under YT quidelines of 'Fair Use'i do not own or claim any video. credits goes to respective owners. if you have your videos used and want to make a change email me. so that we can solve the issue. The ATC audio is downloaded from Liveatc.net Email us at [email protected]