BLITZER: The captain of the United Airlines 737 has had a heart attack in midflight. The plane was en route from Houston to Seattle when it happened, forcing it to divert to Boise, Idaho. Rene Marsh has been following this for us. What exactly happened? What's the fallout?</s>RENE MARSH, CNN CORRESPONDENT: We know 161 passengers, they were onboard. Six crew members. It happened late last night when this 737 got diverted. The airline has just confirmed to CNN that that captain who suffered the heart attack midflight, sadly, as you mentioned, he has died. And we just pulled in the audio of the first officer speaking to air traffic control, making sure that medical assistance would be ready when they arrived. Take a listen.</s>TOWER: United 1603, do you have time to get information kilo?</s>CO-PILOT: We got man down, chest compressions going on right now. I'm not sure too much right now on status. I'll just stop on the runway and get on the other side of the aircraft and taxi off the runway and then ambulance and maybe some air care needed off the runway.</s>MARSH: All right, well, a passenger told a CNN affiliate that one of the crew members got on a loud speaker and asked if a physician was onboard. We should mention the flight landed safely and paramedics did meet the plane. The captain was taken to the hospital. But, Wolf, I can tell you that commercial pilots under the age of 40, they must have annual physical evaluations. Once they are over the age of 40, they must get physicals twice a year. But just a very, very sad story.</s>BLITZER: Very sad. That's why there's two pilots.</s>MARCH: Yes.</s>BLITZER: Co-pilots on a plane in case one does get ill, the second pilot can bring the plane down. Rene, thanks very much for that report. Coming up, a star pitcher and an overall great guy says good-bye to Yankees Stadium, and there isn't a dry eye in the ballpark. We're going there. Stay with us.
Captain Has Heart Attack in Mid Flight