Pilot reveals mid-air he is 'not certified' to land plane on runway. Here's what happens next...

In a shocking incident, an Alaska Airlines plane faced trouble mid-air after its pilot revealed that he was not certified to land the flight at the Jackson Hole Airport (JAC), as perreports.

The plane, which was operated by Skywest, was then diverted from its destination of Jackson Hole Airport (JAC).

Alaska Airlines flight was flying towards its destination when the pilot said in the cockpit that he was not able to land, as reported by theCowboy State Daily which cited a Reddit user who said he was the passenger.

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The plane, which was a twin jet Embraer ERJ 175, was then flown to Salt Lake City where it safely landed, as reported by FlightAware.

The unqualified pilot's position was then taken by another qualified pilot before the plane took off and finally landed in Jackson Hole at 2:55 pm (local time). Because of this, the plane was more than three hours late than its scheduled arrival time.

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In a statement to Cowboy State Daily, regional airline SkyWest accepted that they had to divert the plane and said that the lack of “correct paperwork” led to the appointment of the uncertified pilot.

“[Flight 3491] landed for a short time in Salt Lake City to correct a paperwork error related to the flight crew,” said the airlinein a statement.

“The flight continued to Jackson Hole after a delay while a new pilot was secured to operate the flight. All pilots involved were qualified to fly and land the aircraft; the flight diverted from Jackson Hole due to an internal administrative error and out of an abundance of caution," it added.

Here's how a passenger described the bumpy ride on Reddit

A Reddit user, who had the username “babecityrecords”, wrote about his experience in a post titled “Something VERY weird happened on our Alaska flight yesterday: our pilot was unqualified to land??”

He said that the passengers were first notified regarding the plane's diversion after an announcement was made to get ready for the descent.

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“Hey, I’m really sorry folks but due to me not having the proper qualification to land in Jackson Hole, we need to divert to Salt Lake City Utah. We’ll keep you posted on the next steps,” announced the pilot, as per the Reddit user.

“We then landed in Salt Lake City, they again apologised and gave us no other info, waited on the tarmac for about 1.5 hours, and then the pilot got off the plane (in a walk of shame since his bag was in the overhead in the back of the plane lol) and then a new pilot from Salt Lake City got on the plane and we flew into Jackson,” the user added.

The Reddit user said that the landing of the plane by the uncertified pilot at Jackson Holewas perhaps “the bumpiest landing in the descent I’ve ever experienced".

(With inputs from agencies)