Despite the intervention of the emergency services, the pilot could not be revived after he felt ill in the cockpit.
Drama inside Turkish Airlines. A Turkish airline pilot died mid-flight after he crashed, causing his plane to make an emergency landing in New York on Wednesday, the company announced. The plane, which left Tuesday night from Seattle, on the west coast of the United States, was going to Istanbul, Turkish Airlines spokesman Yahya Üstün told X.
Districthin PEHLİVAN, the Pilot Captain of our Airbus 350 type aircraft with tail registration TC-LGR, who was working on the Seattle-Istanbul flight TK204, went down during the flight. When the first medical intervention given to our captain on the flight was uncertain, 1 captain and 1 co-pilot…
– Yahya ÜSTÜN (@yhyustun) October 9, 2024
No obvious health problems
“The captain of our Airbus 350 plane […] TK204 died during the flight. After a futile attempt at first aid, our cockpit (consisting of two other pilots, Editor’s note) decided to make an emergency landing, but our captain lost his life before landing,” Mr. Üstün passed a periodic medical examination at the beginning of March, the Turkish company said.
2024-10-09 10:07:00
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