Uploaded July 2022 | Updated September 2026, 1 hour ago

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Pan-Pan - Mid air emergency - A newly qualified pilot's skills are tested to the limit when he faces an electrical fire at 3000 feet over Essex in England in a Cessna 172. A Flying Reporter special report with actual video of the incident along with a debrief with the pilot and the Air Traffic Controller who coordinated his landing.

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