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Offline laylow

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Continental Captain Dies During Flight
« on: June 18, 2009, 11:13:52 AM »
http://wcbstv.com/breakingnewsalerts/continental.pilot.dies.2.1049850.html

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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.



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