A 21-year-old flight instructor, named in reports as Emily Shelton, has been praised for her composure after carrying out an emergency landing on a Florida highway during a lesson. She detected the smell of burning oil in the cockpit while flying with a student who was taking their very first flying lesson, prompting her to abort the flight and bring the aircraft down safely rather than risk continuing.

Details of the exact circumstances remain limited, but the landing is being highlighted as an example of quick thinking and training under pressure from a young instructor. Both Shelton and her student are reported to have escaped uninjured, with the safe outcome attributed to her rapid recognition of the warning sign and swift decision-making in diverting to the road.