The plane’s crew made a successful emergency landing in New York.
The pilot of the passenger plane died unexpectedly in the middle of the flight. The Airbus A350 plane had to make an emergency landing in New York at John F. Kennedy Airport.
A Turkish Airlines passenger plane was on its way from Seattle to Istanbul when the pilot of the plane lost consciousness. The rest of the plane’s crew gave first aid to the unconscious pilot without success.
The plane’s crew decided to make an emergency landing in New York, but the Turkish pilot died before landing.
The 59-year-old pilot was employed by Turkish Airlines since 2007. The pilot had passed a regular health check-up in March, and no health problems were found.
This is explained by the company’s spokesperson Yahya Üstün message service in X.
In Finland, the news was reported earlier Helsingin Sanomat.