Indonesian pilot dies after landing plane amid health issue


JAKARTA (AP): The pilot of a passenger airplane in Indonesia suffered a health emergency 15 minutes after take-off and was forced to return to the airport before being rushed to a hospital where he later died.

The Citilink Indonesia flight - an Airbus A320 carrying more than 100 passengers - had departed from Surabaya’s international airport in East Java province and was headed to Ujung Pandang city in South Sulawesi province on Thursday (July 21).

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