It's clearly gonna be that kind of day: "The pilot of a Continental Airlines jetliner died midflight on Thursday morning as the plane, carrying 247 passengers, was en route from Brussels to Newark, the authorities said. Two first officers were operating the plane, a Boeing 777. The flight, Flight 61, was expected to land at Newark Liberty International Airport at or shortly before noon."
This is your captain speaking... FROM THE OTHER SIDE!
Did he have the chicken or the fish?
The other two pilots. They're just fine. They're at the... ah, controls... flying the plane... free to peruse a life of.... religious fulfillment.
Bingo.
Shortened his trip to The Pearly Gates!
Arriving at Pearly Gate 16, 17, 18, ......
Please remain in your rigormotis repose untill we are actually at the Pearly Gate.
Ha!
St. Peter thanks you for letting him be your Flight Attendant this trip.
Ho.ly.Shit.
In April 2009, a passenger landed a privately operated twin-engine plane at Southwest Florida International Airport, in Fort Myers, and saved four lives, after the pilot died after takeoff. The passenger, Doug White, whose family was on the plane, only had experience flying single-engine planes, but with the help of traffic controllers, he landed the plane safely.
I got my suitcase off the carousel when the luggage handler came down with the flu.
Wat, no "he arrived in hell" joke?