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Air Traffic Monitoring => Aviation Audio Clips => Topic started by: allynroe on June 18, 2009, 11:22:43 AM

Title: Continental Airlines Pilot Dies on Flight From Brussels to Newark
Post by: allynroe on June 18, 2009, 11:22:43 AM

DEVELOPING STORY: The captain of a Continental Airlines flight en route from Brussels, Belgium, to Newark, N.J., died during the trip, FOX News confirmed.

The pilot died Thursday aboard Continental Flight 61, and the co-pilot took over the aircraft's controls, FAA spokesman Les Dorr told FOX.

The plane was scheduled to land in Newark about 11:43 a.m. EDT.

- Feed is down.

http://flightaware.com/live/flight/COA61

Title: Re: Continental Airlines Pilot Dies on Flight From Brussels to Newark
Post by: mk223 on June 18, 2009, 11:46:44 AM

Very sad, but stories like this make me wonder how the media can find out this information. Unless they are monitoring oceanic feeds.

Title: Re: Continental Airlines Pilot Dies on Flight From Brussels to Newark
Post by: NY Z Pilot on June 18, 2009, 12:18:13 PM

The media is all over EVERYTHING. They have people on the inside.

Title: Re: Continental Airlines Pilot Dies on Flight From Brussels to Newark
Post by: joebone1 on June 18, 2009, 12:37:26 PM

I work for a TV station in a small market - you'd be surprised where news comes from - that's why I normally don't believe what I hear on TV.

Title: Re: Continental Airlines Pilot Dies on Flight From Brussels to Newark
Post by: craig007 on June 18, 2009, 03:09:15 PM

That's incredible. Both the incident, and the fact the media seemingly know everything.

Title: Re: Continental Airlines Pilot Dies on Flight From Brussels to Newark
Post by: toeknee25 on June 19, 2009, 05:13:55 AM

I'm surprised Fox news didn't start speculating on what was the cause of death

Title: Re: Continental Airlines Pilot Dies on Flight From Brussels to Newark
Post by: kea001 on June 19, 2009, 08:10:18 AM

Heads up guys/gals. This thread belongs in the Listener forum as there is no ATC clip.

http://www.liveatc.net/forums/listener-forum/just-in-continental-pilot-dies-in-mid-flight/

as per:
http://www.liveatc.net/forums/atcaviation-audio-clips/forum-reminder/