Continental Airlines pilot dies during flight; plane able to land safely
A Continental Airlines captain died during a transatlantic flight Thursday, prompting the copilot and a second pilot aboard the jet to take over the controls, said Federal Aviation Administration spokeswoman Laura Brown.
Flight 61 from Brussels to Newark landed safely in New Jersey at 11:49 a.m.
Continental Airlines said the pilot, who died in midflight of natural causes, was a 60-year-old man with 32 years of service to the airline.
Few details of the incident were available, but Brown said that air traffic controllers had no reports that the plane was in danger.
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