Off-duty pilot helps to land the airplane. Captain incapacitation. Southwest flight 6013. Real ATC

THIS VIDEO IS A RECONSTRUCTION OF THE FOLLOWING SITUATION IN FLIGHT:

22-MAR-2023. A Southwest Airlines Boeing 737-700 (B737), registration N7855A, performing flight SWA6013 / WN6013 from Las Vegas Harry Reid International Airport, NV (USA) to John Glenn Columbus International Airport, OH (USA) was about 160 miles north-east of Las Vegas at FL370 when the first officer turned the airplane around and decide to return to the airport of departure. Later on frequency of Los Angeles Center the first officer reported captain incapacitation and declared medical emergency. According the report, a fully licensed off-duty pilot of another airline took the captain’s place in the cockpit. After landing the aircraft stopped on taxiway and the captain was evacuated via air stairs.

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Timestamps:

00:00 Description of situation
00:17 Southwest 6013 is returning
01:17 Southwest 6013 is declaring medical emergency. Captain is incapacitated.
03:12 SWA6013 contacted Next Center controller
04:35 Southwest 6013 contacted Approach. Off-duty pilot (passenger) took captains place
06:51 The pilots contacted Tower controller
07:17 Landing. The airplane stopped on the taxiway
08:32 Southwest switched over to discrete frequency. Captain needs evacuation
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THE VALUE OF THIS VIDEO:
THE MAIN VALUE IS EDUCATION. This reconstruction will be useful for actual or future air traffic controllers and pilots, people who plan to connect life with aviation, who like aviation. With help of this video reconstruction you’ll learn how to use radiotelephony rules, Aviation English language and general English language (for people whose native language is not English) in situation in flight, which was shown. THE MAIN REASON I DO THIS IS TO HELP PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND EVERY EMERGENCY SITUATION, EVERY WORD AND EVERY MOVE OF AIRCRAFT.

SOURCES OF MATERIAL, LICENSES AND PERMISSIONS:
Source of communications – https://www.liveatc.net/ (I have a permission (Letter) for commercial use of radio communications from LiveATC.net).
Map, aerial pictures (License (ODbL) ©OpenStreetMap -https://www.openstreetmap.org/copyrig...) Permission for commercial use, royalty-free use.
Radar screen (In new versions of videos) – Made by author.
Text version of communication – Made by Author.
Video editing - Made by author.

HOW I DO VIDEOS:
1) I monitor media, airspace, looking for any non-standard, emergency and interesting situation.
2) I find communications of ATC unit for the period of time I need.
3) I take only phrases between air traffic controller and selected flight.
4) I find a flight path of selected aircraft.
5) I make an animation (early couple of videos don’t have animation) of flight path and aircraft, where the aircraft goes on his route.
6) When I edit video I put phrases of communications to specific points in video (in tandem with animation).
7) Together with my comments (voice and text) I edit and make a reconstruction of emergency, non-standard and interesting situation in flight.