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September 25, 2000
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) -- The co-pilot on a Cuban airliner with 76 passengers on board suffered a fatal heart attack after taking off from Bogota, forcing the plane to make an emergency landing, authorities said Sunday. The Cubana de Aviacion airliner was on a Saturday night flight to Havana when the 43-year-old co-pilot, Angel Manuel Gonzalez, was stricken. The plane was diverted to the airport in the Colombian city of Barranquilla, where it landed safely. The flight was never in danger, said Pedro Ramon Emiliani, director of Civil Aviation for Barranquilla. The passengers were lodged in Barranquilla hotels for the night while a replacement co-pilot was sent for, Emiliani said. |