[Scan-DC] Breaking News: Pilot Dies In Flight

[Doug Kitchener]

plane landed safely at Newark at 1149 local - 61 year-old pilot died of natural causes - Continental spokesperson (spokeswoman?) says there were two other pilots on board who brought in the plane.  This from the AP story on my Earthlink start page.

DK

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> To: Scan-DC at mailman.qth.net
> From: andrew at ultraviolet.org
> Date: Thu, 18 Jun 2009 16:18:32 +0000
> Subject: Re: [Scan-DC] Breaking News: Pilot Dies In Flight
>
> Yes, this is true. Transatlantic flights must have a relief pilot.
> --
> Andrew G. Feinberg
> andrew at ultraviolet.org
> 215.906.1886
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: "Thomas P. Clouse" 
>
> Date: Thu, 18 Jun 2009 12:17:39
> To: Dewey
> Cc: 
> Subject: Re: [Scan-DC] Breaking News: Pilot Dies In Flight
>
>
> The flight has landed at Newark. My understanding is that
> transatlantic flights have a relief pilot, so there would be two
> functioning pilots on board after the pilot died.
>
> On Thu, Jun 18, 2009 at 11:37 AM, Dewey wrote:
>> Fox-5 just reported (1134 am) breaking news... a Continental pilot has died
>> in flight on a flight from Brussels to the US.  According to Fox-5, the
>> plane is still in the air under the control of the co-pilot, and is
>> scheduled to land around noon.  The destination airport was not given, but
>> the focus was on Newark International as the story was reported.
>>
>> Dewey
>>
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