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Boston-Bound Flight Diverted After Pilot Dies

American Airlines Flight 550 was diverted to Syracuse, NY, Monday morning.

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By PATRICK LUCE

A flight bound for Boston from Phoenix, AZ, was diverted to Syracuse after one of the pilots died in-flight.

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American Airlines Flight 550, a red eye flight that departed from Arizona just after midnight, Pacific time, landed in Syracuse, NY, just after 7 a.m. Monday after the plane’s captain reportedly died. One of the flight attendants on the crew, who is also a nurse, reportedly tried to save the captain, to no avail.

There is no word yet on the cause of the pilot’s death.

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