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 station WCBS-TV in New York reported.
Federal Aviation Administration officials say Continental Flight 61 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.
Officials say a reserve crew on the flight will be managing the landing.
CBS
UPDATE:
plane lands safely @ 11.49 ET
Federal Aviation Administration officials say Continental Flight 61 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.
Officials say a reserve crew on the flight will be managing the landing.
CBS
UPDATE:
plane lands safely @ 11.49 ET
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