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18th April 2018
01:43pm BST

However, an audio recording of the conversation between Tammie Jo and air traffic control demonstrates her nerves of steel.
Ms Shults calmly said: "So we have part of the aircraft missing, so we're going to need to slow down a bit."
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Asked if the plane was on fire, she said: "Not on fire but part of it is missing. They said there's a hole and someone went out. Could you have the medical meet us there on the runway as well. We've got injured passengers."
The 56-year-old was one of the first female fighter pilots in the US navy, where she handled F-18 jets later used in the Gulf War and Iraq War.
In a forum post dating back to 2006 on fighter jet community site F-16.net, Ms Shults is discussed.
"Shults became one of the first female fighter pilots in the history of the US navy and one of the first women to fly F-18s," the forum post reads.
"She landed her fighter plane on boats at 150mph and eventually became an instructor. Although she wasn't allowed to fly in combat, she did fly as an aggressor pilot."Explore more on these topics: