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ELI5: Would it be possible for an average person to safely land a plane by talking to somebody on the ground?

You know the movies, etc. 

Say you were to be in the cockpit of a passenger plane (or a small Cessna) and there is nobody on the plane with any flying experience. 

Could you bring the plane to land by any means or would you not even be able to figure out how to work the radio? Would you be able to land on an airstrip or rather try a huge dried out desert lake or even a water landing? Could somebody "lower" some pilot into the plane from another plane? 
Any chance?

I am sure there are procedures.
gpt
Yes.  Mythbusters tried it in a professional simulator.  Some ATC operators are experienced pilots (and those who aren't usually have access to someone who is 'current on type' for the aircraft you're flying), and all commercial airliners are required to have autopilot functionality.  Most can even land themselves (called a CAT III autoland).  The ATC operator would tell the civilian what settings to put into the autopilot and when, and what levers to pull.  Most flying, at least straight in to land in an emergency, requires very few controls.  If you don't have to follow the jet corridors, and can go straight to the nearest airport, it's fairly easy.  You have even more of a chance if you've done any sort of flight simulation before, so at least you know what most of the buttons do.

EDIT: correction.