CBS Evening News - 2009-06-18
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[0:02] Tonight, death in the cockpit. High over
[0:04] the Atlantic, a jumbo jet loaded with
[0:07] passengers when the pilot suddenly
[0:09] [music] dies.
[0:10] >> She was crying. They went and grabbed
[0:12] equipment and stuff and then they all
[0:13] ran back and that was it. It was quiet.
[0:16] >> I'm Maggie Rodriguez. Also tonight, a
[0:18] message for the Ayatollah. He ordered
[0:21] them not to march, but hundreds of
[0:22] thousands ignored him demanding change
[0:25] in Iran.
[0:26] Ernest Hemingway wrote some of his
[0:28] greatest works here in Cuba where today
[0:30] [music] bitter enemies found common
[0:32] ground and saved this treasured piece of
[0:35] history.
[0:38] >> [music]
[0:40] >> This is the CBS Evening News with Katie
[0:43] Couric.
[0:47] >> [music]
[0:47] >> Good evening. Katie is off. It happened
[0:49] in one of the worst possible places,
[0:51] high over the Atlantic Ocean this
[0:53] morning. The pilot of a Continental
[0:55] Airlines jumbo jet carrying 247
[0:58] passengers died suddenly in the cockpit,
[1:01] but a backup co-pilot jumped into his
[1:03] seat and the plane en route from
[1:05] Brussels landed safely in Newark, New
[1:07] Jersey right on time. A remarkable
[1:10] flight. Priya David has details.
[1:14] >> Continental Airlines flight 61 glided
[1:16] calmly through the New Jersey mist
[1:18] carrying passengers who had no idea how
[1:21] harrowing their journey had actually
[1:23] been. Pilot in command Craig Lynell had
[1:26] suddenly died mid-flight.
[1:28] >> All we heard was that they needed the
[1:30] doctor on board the plane. Doctor went
[1:32] to the front of the plane, that's the
[1:33] last we heard. Very professional crew.
[1:35] Everything was very calm.
[1:37] >> I was a little bit scared when I heard
[1:38] what had happ