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Mexico-bound jet diverted as pilot dies
Ap via yahoooooooo ^ | 1/20/07 | Staff

Posted on 01/20/2007 8:47:51 PM PST by txroadkill

The pilot of a Continental Airlines flight became ill after takeoff and was later pronounced dead after the plane made an emergency landing Saturday, a company spokeswoman said.

The 210 passengers on the flight, which departed from Houston, were never in danger and the co-pilot landed the plane safely, Continental spokeswoman Macky Osorio said.

The airline said only that the pilot suffered a "serious medical problem." Continental believes the pilot died of natural causes, Osorio said. The pilot's name was not released.

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TOPICS: Miscellaneous; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: aerospace; airplane; bummer; continentalairlines; pilot
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To: bannie

was that before or after she stayed at a Holiday Inn Express


41 posted on 01/20/2007 10:06:52 PM PST by mt tom
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To: txroadkill
The airline said only that the pilot suffered a "serious medical problem." Continental believes the pilot died of natural causes,

Man, that is series! ;^)

42 posted on 01/20/2007 10:10:02 PM PST by Cvengr
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To: Cvengr

And HUGH!


43 posted on 01/20/2007 10:10:34 PM PST by JRios1968 (Tagline wanted...inquire within)
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To: JRios1968

44 posted on 01/20/2007 10:11:58 PM PST by phantomworker ("Ask me whether what I have done is my life." - Wm Stafford)
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To: IncPen

ping


45 posted on 01/20/2007 10:15:19 PM PST by Nailbiter
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To: JRios1968
Mi pregunta es en la bibliotecha.... Only 400 more phrases before we land and we can rent our own car this time, instead of paying cabfare....


46 posted on 01/20/2007 10:17:13 PM PST by Cvengr
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To: txroadkill

WOW, When it's your time it doesn't matter if you are piloting a plane, driving a car in heavy traffic or being a couch potato. Sleeping through to the other side seems sort of ideal to me. But I've never done it before so I'm no expert.


47 posted on 01/20/2007 10:17:19 PM PST by Frwy (Eternity without Jesus is a hell-of-a long time.)
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To: COEXERJ145

Illegal immigrants killing the pilots that Americans just won't kill.


48 posted on 01/20/2007 10:17:30 PM PST by Lazamataz (You are not your mind. You are not your emotions. You are not your pain. All you are is love.)
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To: phantomworker

Is that the same bulldog that skateboards on Venice Beach?


49 posted on 01/20/2007 10:18:19 PM PST by Cvengr
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To: Cvengr

LOL!


50 posted on 01/20/2007 10:21:20 PM PST by JRios1968 (Tagline wanted...inquire within)
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To: Frwy
Sleeping through to the other side seems sort of ideal to me.

Yeah, I want to die peacefully in my sleep like my grandfather did, not screaming hysterically like passengers in the car with him did.

51 posted on 01/20/2007 10:22:52 PM PST by txroadkill
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To: COEXERJ145

Well, another thread hijacked by idiots.

It seems to be the norm these days.


52 posted on 01/20/2007 10:23:42 PM PST by Central Scrutiniser (Never Let a Theocon Near a Textbook. Teach Evolution!)
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To: Cvengr

Don't know. Is it?

53 posted on 01/20/2007 10:23:53 PM PST by phantomworker ("Ask me whether what I have done is my life." - Wm Stafford)
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To: RunningWolf
The 747-300 did not catch a big market either. And why should it have when the -400 was coming down the line?

But it the changes made to the 747-300 were used in the 747-400 so they benefitted the 747 program as a whole. The 747-300 got enough orders so Boeing didn't have to shut down and restart the 747 line once the 747-400 was ready.

The 757-300 was the end of the line for 757 models. Boeing tried to market a 757-200ER based on the strengthed wings and increased maximum takeoff weight of the 757-300, but no one was interested.

The 767-400 did have an updated 777 style glass cockpit, but that hasn't been offered on any other 767 model except the proposed KC-767 offered to the USAF as a tanker to replace the KC-135E. Supposedly the 767-400 will be the airframe for the E-10 which is a replacement for both the E-3 AWACS and E-8 Joint STARS. Considering the low utilization rates of miliatry planes compared to civilian planes, they should be flying for at least 50 years. Boeing should consider putting the GENx engine derivative developed for the 747-8 on both the KC-767 and E-10 proposals.

54 posted on 01/20/2007 10:24:26 PM PST by Paleo Conservative
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To: Central Scrutiniser

Sorry about that.


55 posted on 01/20/2007 10:24:39 PM PST by phantomworker ("Ask me whether what I have done is my life." - Wm Stafford)
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To: phantomworker

Well, some people on FR are (or were) in the industry.

Any time a crash or a death happens, its not a good thing.

The only good thing to come of this is that at no time was the passengers in danger.


56 posted on 01/20/2007 10:27:47 PM PST by Central Scrutiniser (Never Let a Theocon Near a Textbook. Teach Evolution!)
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To: Paleo Conservative

I really wish the 747SP had more orders.

A fantastic plane.

I got to fly on it once from Capetown to Joburg to Frankfurt.

Peppy plane, and only 45 made and a handful left in flying condition.


57 posted on 01/20/2007 10:29:19 PM PST by Central Scrutiniser (Never Let a Theocon Near a Textbook. Teach Evolution!)
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To: Central Scrutiniser

You're right, though. Serious threads like this get hijacked too often.


58 posted on 01/20/2007 10:30:03 PM PST by phantomworker ("Ask me whether what I have done is my life." - Wm Stafford)
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To: AGreatPer

Dh says it depends how it's set up.


59 posted on 01/20/2007 10:31:19 PM PST by getmeouttaPalmBeachCounty_FL ( **Hunter-Tancredo-Weldon-Hayworth 4 President**)
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To: Central Scrutiniser
Yep, just about every thread now is being hijacked.

If it isn't turned into a tread about illegal immigration and/or Bush bashing, then a bunch of jokers come in and ruin it.

60 posted on 01/20/2007 10:44:16 PM PST by COEXERJ145 (Bush Derangement Syndrome Has Reached Pandemic Levels on Free Republic.)
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