Originally Posted by
supermasterphil
Sorry for the pilot but with that many crew on board, I am not really worried. They should all know what they are doing, so I would not really call it an "emergency landing". The plane is still in perfect shape and there is trained crew, so I do not really see the emergency. As horrible as it is but the captain is already dead, nobody can help him anymore!
Sounds like the emergency landing is due to the fact that there is no captain on the plane now. Likely protocol that they declare an emergency in a case like this. Also likely unnecessary, but aviation laws/rules have a tendency to be overly cautious.