Article: F-16 pilot 'helpless' by side of Lear jet.(News)

An American Air Force captain has told how he trailed golf star Payne Stewart's doomed Lear jet as it cruised at 47,000ft on autopilot.

"It's a very helpless feeling to pull up alongside another aircraft and realise the people inside are unconscious or in some other way incapacitated," said Capt Chris Hamilton.

The windows had iced over and he could see nothing inside. ...

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