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| | (CNN) -- Continental Flight 61, whose pilot died midflight Thursday while flying from Brussels, Belgium, to Newark, New Jersey, has landed safely, the Federal Aviation Administration and Continental Airlines said.  The Boeing 777 landed at Newark International Airport at 11:49 a.m. ET Thursday, Continental Airlines said. 
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The Boeing 777 landed at Newark International Airport at 11:49 a.m. ET Thursday, the airline said, after the 61-year-old Newark-based pilot died "apparently of natural causes."
Asked whether the plane's 247 passengers had been told of the situation, a Continental spokesman said only that the plane had arrived safely.
The airline said the crew on the flight included an additional relief pilot who took the place of the deceased man.
The pilot had 21 years of service with Continental, the airline said.
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| |  Quote: Originally Posted by Kid Lester  Poor guy.
I wonder if he was ever in a Turkish prison. Or if he liked to watch gladiator movies.
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| | | Love the way newspapers do that. Give you a really freaky headline like "Jetliner Lands Safely After Pilot Dies" and youre all like 'Oohh Wow, that's amazing!" Really it was "Jetliner Lands Safely After Pilot Dies And Relief Pilot Takes Over." lol
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| | | Yeah... pretty amazing stuff, huh?
Sorry for the pilot that died, though.
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| | Quote: Originally Posted by Decent Love the way newspapers do that. Give you a really freaky headline like "Jetliner Lands Safely After Pilot Dies" and youre all like 'Oohh Wow, that's amazing!" Really it was "Jetliner Lands Safely After Pilot Dies And Relief Pilot Takes Over." lol That's how they get people to read their tripe. It was a catchy by line, but a rather routine story.
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