CO-PILOT AVERTS CRASH.—The co-pilot of a Dutch Airways DC8 airliner, Captain C. G. de Jager, who wrested the controls from the hands of the pilot who died seconds before the airliner was to touch down at Tokyo Airport. The pilot, Captain G. H. de Groot, apparently died from a heart attack.
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Press, Volume CVI, Issue 31139, 16 August 1966, Page 10
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51CO-PILOT AVERTS CRASH.—The co-pilot of a Dutch Airways DC8 airliner, Captain C. G. de Jager, who wrested the controls from the hands of the pilot who died seconds before the airliner was to touch down at Tokyo Airport. The pilot, Captain G. H. de Groot, apparently died from a heart attack. Press, Volume CVI, Issue 31139, 16 August 1966, Page 10
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