CNN CNN Newsroom With Brooke Baldwin October 5, 2015 18:09:00
The plane was diverted to syracuse, new york, where it did land safely. let me bring in our aviation analyst. you have a pilot die mid-flight. what is protocol? is there protocol for that? >> first of all, let me offer my condolences to the family of a colleague. seco secondly, the protocol is this is not something we necessarily train for. but the co-pilot in that right seat is as qualified as the captain to fly that airplane. so it's very disconcerting, but once you realize what the situation is, it sounds like he did what he had to do. he got ahold of air traffic control. said that he was u...