By Our Reporter
Turkish Airlines were forced to make an emergency landing in New York, when the pilot died after collapsing mid-flightthe airline said, on Wednesday.
The plane took off from the western US coastal city of Seattle on Tuesday evening, airline spokesman Yahya Ustun wrote on X.
According to him, “The pilot of our Airbus 350 flight TK204 from Seattle to Istanbul collapsed during the flight he twitted.
After an unsuccessful attempt to give first aid, the flight crew and a co-pilot decided to make an emergency landing but he died before
landing.”
The airline management said, the 59-year-old pilot, who has worked for Turkish Airlines since 2007, passed a medical examination in March, which gave no indication of any health problems. He concluded.