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A Continental Airlines flight from Brussels will be making an emergency landing at Newark Liberty International Airport after the plane's captain died mid-flight Thursday morning, CBS 2 has learned.Federal Aviation Administration officials say Continental Flight 61 will land at Newark at noon. Newark was the flight's final destination. It left Brussels at 9:45 a.m.It's not known what caused the pilot to become ill or how he died.Officials say there are two first officers on the flight and a reserve crew as well. One of the first officers is piloting the plane.Stay with wcbstv.com for more on this developing story.