A PILOT aboard an overnight American Airlines flight from Phoenix to Boston reportedly died yesterday on the red-eye flight.

In audio posted online of the emergency call to air traffic control, the co-pilot can be heard describing what has happened:  “Medical emergency. Pilot is incapacitated.”

The flight was diverted to Syracuse where it landed safely at 7:11 a.m. with 147 passengers on-board.  The co-pilot is heard asking air traffic control: “Do you have a way to get into the cockpit expeditiously?”