Pilot dies during flight, crash lands in New York

A Turkish Airlines plane made an emergency landing at a New York airport after the pilot died. The 59-year-old captain suddenly fell ill during the flight after the plane took off from Seattle and was en route to Istanbul.

The team tried to bring him back, but it was in vain. The co-pilot and another pilot decided to make an emergency landing and managed to land the passenger plane safely. The passengers could continue their journey on another flight.

According to Turkish media, Ilcehin Pehlivan has been working at Turkish Airlines since 2007. In March last year, the pilot received a routine check-up, but no health problems were revealed.

There has been an ongoing debate within aviation as to whether a flight can be handled by one pilot instead of two. Aircraft manufacturers believe that this will be possible in a few years. This saves airlines money.

But pilots vehemently opposed the development and began protest action in February last year. They fear situations like the one with Turkish Airlines where a pilot is absent.

The president of the Netherlands Airline Pilots Association (VNV) Camiel Verhagen previously said about flying with a single pilot: “Imagine that a colleague suddenly does not feel well, so you are glad that two pilots in front In February last year, the VNC action against deploying one pilot.