The stricken pilot of a United Airlines flight has died after the plane made an emergency landing.

The man died overnight at the Saint Alphonsus Regional Medical Center in Boise, Idaho, said a spokeswoman.

United Flight 1603 with 161 passengers was flying from Houston to Seattle when the medical emergency forced it to make the landing about 8pm in Boise.

The passengers were put on another plane and completed their trip.

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