A New York-bound Continental Airlines flight has made an emergency landing after its pilot died mid-flight. Flight 61, a Boeing 777 with 247 passengers on board, landed at Newark Liberty International Airport in New Jersey under the control of two co-pilots.In a statement, Continental said: "The captain of Continental flight 61, which was en route from Brussels to Newark, died in flight, apparently of natural causes. "The crew on this flight included an additional relief pilot who took the place of the deceased pilot. The flight continued safely with two pilots at the controls." The pilot, 61, was based in Newark and had worked for Continental for 21 years, the airline said.
I wonder how old was this pilot... was it because he had too much junkie food the night before and died of a heart attack? -innocent2
Sorry G, I'll expand on my thoughts then... Being pilot isn't an easy task. They will often take several all-nighters and extraneous superhuman feets to complete the job at hand. I'm sure many take stay awake pills just so they can stay awake for that 24hr, or even more, and be super alert. It would be amazing that he survived until the age of 61... but i guess his heart couldn't take it anymore.
if he had anything wrong with him he wouldn't have been able to fly because they have to check your blood pressures and see if you are good enough health to do the job, i personally think he had some sort of minor heartattack that he never knew that he had
yeah as bb said you gota take tests but what you said may be true still, i duno, i think it was just his time to go, remember what happened to bruce.
