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Pilot dies during flight, emergency landing in Prague
Feb 15, 2012, 16:19 GMT
Prague - The pilot of a passenger plane died Wednesday during a flight from Warsaw to Prague, forcing the plane to undertake an emergency landing at the airport in the Czech capital, an airport spokeswoman told dpa.
The co-pilot took over and landed the aircraft carrying 46 passengers, after the 55-year-old pilot died.
'Doctors couldn't save the pilot's life,' said a spokeswoman for the Czech carrier, CSA.
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