`` I told my girls to pray hard , '' White later told CNN television affiliate WINK . Passenger Doug White commandeers plane after pilot loses consciousness . White : `` I am the captain of this plane. If I ever touch down , do I just kill the throttle ? '' Craft was carrying White , his wife and two daughters from Florida to Mississippi . Controllers help him turn off autopilot , land plane : `` The turn looks good , very good sir ''
Passenger Doug White commandeers plane after pilot loses consciousness . White : `` I am the captain of this plane. If I ever touch down , do I just kill the throttle ? '' Craft was carrying White , his wife and two daughters from Florida to Mississippi . Controllers help him turn off autopilot , land plane : `` The turn looks good , very good sir ''