Pilot Dies, Passenger Lands Plane—with His Family on Board

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The motion picture On a Wing and a Prayer (the perfect Easter movie inspired by a remarkable true story lands on Good Friday, April 7th) follows passenger Doug White's (played by Dennis Quaid) harrowing journey to safely land a plane and save his entire family from insurmountable danger, after their pilot dies unexpectedly mid-flight. Here to share the story is the man who lived it, Doug White.