Co pilot lands plane as captain dies

LONDON The co pilot of a British airliner with 220 people on board successfully landed the plane in Spain after the captain died…

LONDON The co pilot of a British airliner with 220 people on board successfully landed the plane in Spain after the captain died shortly, before touchdown.

The captain of the Britannia Airways Boeing B 757 jet suffered a suspected heart attack a few minutes before it was due to land at Malaga airport in southern Spain last Sunday.

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