Duke University professor dies after emergency landing at RDU
SAW THEM AS CHILDREN. WE'LL
HAVE THOSE STORIES AND MORE AT
THE TOP OF THE HOUR. CHRIS,
THANK YOU, JERROLD, THAT WE'RE
LEARNING NEW INFORMATION
TONIGHT ABOUT.
>> EMERGENCY LANDING AT RDU
INVOLVE A SMALL PRIVATE PLANE.
A PASSENGER PASSENGER TOOK OVER
THE CONTROLS SUNDAY. THAT'S
WHEN THE PILOT WHO WE NOW KNOW
WAS A DU PROFESSOR SUFFERED A
MID AIR MEDICAL EMERGENCY AND
SADLY, WE LEARNED THAT PILOT
PASSED AWAY. WRAL'S INTEGRITY
IS HERE. DAN SHED A LITTLE MORE
LIGHT ON THE SITUATION WHERE WE
KNOW IS A VERY SAD DEVELOPMENT
HERE AS WE TAKE A LIVE LOOK
AT RDU WITH THAT SMALL CIRRUS
PLANE MADE THAT EMERGENCY
LANDING ON SUNDAY FOLLOWING
THAT MID AIR MEDICAL EMERGENCY.
HERE'S A LOOK AT THE PLANE WERE
TALKING ABOUT THE PHOTO THAT
WAS INCLUDED WITH THE RDU
POLICE REPORT. WE'VE WE'VE
SINCE LEARNED.
>> ONLY 2 PEOPLE ON THAT PLANE
AS YOU ARE STAYING. THE PILOT
AND THE PASSENGER POLICE
HAVEN'T IDENTIFIED EITHER
PERSON, BUT WRAL HAS LEARNED
THE NAME OF THE PILOT,
ACCORDING TO THE TAIL NUMBER,
THAT PLANE IS REGISTERED TO
JOSEPH ISAAK EYES OUT AS A
DISTINGUISHED PROFESSOR
SCIENTIST AND MENTION AT DUKE
SPECIALIZING IN UPTOWN OPTICAL
TECHNOLOGIES. HIS DEATH HAS
BEEN REPORTED BY THE
UNIVERSITY. THE SCHOOL HAS
LOWERED ITS FLAGS ON CAMPUS
TODAY IN HIS HONOR AS THEY
MOURN HIM. WE SPOKE WITH ONE OF
HIS RESEARCH PARTNERS HAVE
EASED ALA THIS AFTERNOON WHO
WORKED CLOSELY WITH EYES AT FOR
MANY YEARS. HE SAYS JOE WAS
A PIONEER IN HIS FIELD. WHO
CHANGED HOW PHYSICIANS
UNDERSTAND INFANT. I
DEVELOPMENT AND DISEASE.
IT ALSO SAID JOE IS AN
EXPERIENCED PILOT WITH AT LEAST
10 YEARS OF FLYING UNDER HIS
BELT.
>> YEAH. WE LOVE TO FIND A
PLANE. HE WASN'T A PART OF EACH
OF HIS LIFE.
ELSA UNLEASHING WENT OUT TO
YOU. WITH THE ELECTION.
>> ISS DEATH, AS YOU CAN
IMAGINE, COMES AS A COMPLETE
SHOCK TO HIS LOVED ONES.
ACCORDING TO DOLLAR JOE WAS IN
GOOD HEALTH PRIOR TO THIS
FLIGHT. SO WE'RE WORKING NOW TO
LEARN A BIT MORE ABOUT THAT
MEDICAL EMERGENCY AS WELL AS
A PASSENGER WHO DID HAVE TO
LAND THIS PLANE IN THE MIDST OF
ALL OF THAT EYES. THAT LEAVES
BEHIND A WIFE AND 3 KIDS AND
QUITE THE LEGACY. CHRIS, SUCH A
SAD MOMENT FOR THEIR FAMILY,
BUT ALSO TENSION THAT PASSENGER