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Pilot Dies Midflight

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Co-pilots land plane safely in Newark.

Well, this is scary: The pilot of a Continental Airlines Boeing 777 died en route from Brussels, Belgium. Two other pilots took over the controls of Flight 61, which landed safely at 11:49 a.m. in Newark, NJ. The incident caused travel delays up and down the Eastern seaboard. The reportedly 61-year-old pilot died of natural causes.

Read it at Associated Press

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