A new student pilot was flying completely alone for the first time on a cross country trip when the FAA dropped a nationwide ground stop right in the middle of it.
He gets the call to land and immediately radios air traffic control with pure panic in his voice. He tells them he is a student pilot and this is honestly his first solo cross country flight and he has no idea what to do.
Controllers stayed calm and talked him back to Hicks Airfield near Fort Worth while more than 3500 planes already in the sky had to find places to land too. The whole stop lasted over four hours thanks to major communication system problems across the country.
Everyone made it down safe but you can bet that he will never forget his first solo. Absolute wild day in the skies.
