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Pilot collapsed and Indonesian plane was forced to an emrgency landing

Jakarta, Indonesia - He rescued aircraft shortly before he died

Today the pilot of a Garuda Boeing B-737, taken off at 8:36am local hour from Kalimantan -Borneo island- island with 116 passengers on board, bound for Jakarta had a heart attack shortly after taking off and rescued aircraft shortly before he died. The co-pilot took over the aircraft control and plane landed safely 10 minutes after at Pontianak Airport in the West Kalimantan province. The pilot's body...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 108177
Rome, Italy, 11/22/2004 15:21
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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