The plane had taken off from the western US coastal metropolis of Seattle on Tuesday night time, airline spokesman Yahya Ustun wrote on X, beforehand Twitter
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09 October, 2024, 05:35 pm
Closing modified: 09 October, 2024, 05:42 pm
A Turkish Airways pilot died after collapsing mid-flight, forcing the Turkish nationwide carrier to execute an emergency landing in Unique York, the airline mentioned on Wednesday (9 October).
The plane had taken off from the western US coastal metropolis of Seattle on Tuesday night time, airline spokesman Yahya Ustun wrote on X, beforehand Twitter.
“The pilot of our Airbus 350… flight TK204 from Seattle to Istanbul collapsed throughout the flight,” he wrote.
“After an unsuccessful are trying to present first succor, the flight crew of one other pilot and a co-pilot determined to execute an emergency landing, however he died earlier than landing.”
The 59-yr-susceptible pilot, who had worked for Turkish Airways since 2007, had handed a medical examination in March, which gave no indication of any effectively being complications, Ustun wrote.
