Kenneth Allen, 64, of Lake Wales, spoke at a news conference for the first time Thursday since the incident May 10 that made national news.

Surgeons who tended to a pilot after he suffered a medical event in flight, forcing his passenger to land the single-engine plane with no flight experience, said it was a “miracle” he survived.

A Florida man with no flying experience who kept his cool while landing a small plane says the “hand of God" was with him after the pilot collapsed at the controls.