NEWARK, N.J. (CBS) ―
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, a Boeing 777, 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.
http://wcbstv.com/topstories/contine...2.1049850.html
Reserve crew means it should be okay but still...
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, a Boeing 777, 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.
http://wcbstv.com/topstories/contine...2.1049850.html
Reserve crew means it should be okay but still...
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