Pilot Dies Mid-Flight, Prompting Emergency Landing

A commercial flight from Miami to Chile was forced to make an emergency landing in Panama on Sunday night after the pilot, Iván Andaur, 56, collapsed and died in the airplane’s bathroom. Reports indicate that Andaur, who was piloting the Santiago-bound LATAM airlines flight, suffered a suspected cardiac arrest around 11 p.m. The two co-pilots on board had to divert the flight to Tocumen International Airport in Panama City. Meanwhile, a nurse and two doctors …

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