<!--fonto:Book Antiqua--><span style="font-family:Book Antiqua"><!--/fonto--><!--quoteo--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec--><!--fonto:Book Antiqua--><span style="font-family:Book Antiqua"><!--/fonto-->A pilot on a Continental Airlines flight died in mid-flight and the plane was due to make an emergency landing under the control of two co-pilots near New York City, authorities said Thursday. <!--fontc--></span><!--/fontc--><!--fonto:Book Antiqua--><span style="font-family:Book Antiqua"><!--/fonto-->The plane was a Boeing 777 with 247 passengers on board.<!--fontc--></span><!--/fontc--> <div align='left'><!--fonto:Book Antiqua--><span style="font-family:Book Antiqua"><!--/fonto-->The pilot, 61, was based in Newark and had worked for Continental for 21 years<!--fontc--></span><!--/fontc--></div><!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd--><!--fontc--></span><!--/fontc-->