Continental Flight 61-Plane Lands Safely When Pilot Dies Mid-Flight
Continental Flight 61-Plane Lands Safely When Pilot Dies Mid-Flight and co-pilot and back up take over.
Continental Flight 61, a Boeing 777, whose pilot died Thursday, June, 17th 2009, while flying from Brussels, Belgium, to Newark, New Jersey, has landed safely, the Federal Aviation Administration and Continental Airlines stated.
A New York and New Jersey Port Authority spokesman stated the plane landed without any problem.
The Boeing 777 landed at Newark International Airport at 11:49 a.m. ET Thursday, the airline said, after the 60-year-old Newark-based pilot died “apparently of natural causes.” He had be a pilot for Continental for 32 years.
Continental states that the crew on the flight included an additional relief pilot who took the place of the deceased man, and “the flight continued safely with two pilots at the controls.”
Asked whether the plane’s 247 passengers had been told of the situation, a Continental spokesman stated only that the plane had arrived safely. But, the passengers were not aware of the issue.
For the full story of “Continental Flight 61-Plane Lands Safely When Pilot Dies Mid-Flight,” go to CNN News.
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Everything went well for the passengers Thank God because the other people were trained well and that is all that counts.
MAY GDO BLESS THE PILOT AND HIS ENTIRE FAMILY NOW AND FOR ALL TIME AS I AM SURE HE WILL!!!