This undated image exhibits a Turkish Airways jetliner. Courtesy of Turkish Airways
A Turkish Airways jetliner headed from Seattle to Istanbul made an emergency touchdown in New York on Wednesday after the captain died on board, an airline official mentioned.
Pilot ?lçehin Pehlivan, 59, misplaced consciousness sooner or later after flight 204 took off from Seattle on Tuesday evening, Turkish Airways spokesperson Yahya Üstün mentioned in a press release.
Medical intervention didn’t revive the captain, and the co-pilot determined to make an emergency touchdown, however the captain died earlier than the airplane landed, Üstün mentioned.
Information from the monitoring web site FlightAware exhibits that the Airbus A350 landed at John F. Kennedy Worldwide Airport simply earlier than 6 a.m.
Preparations have been being made for passengers to succeed in their vacation spot from New York, the airline spokesperson mentioned.
Pehlivan had labored at Turkish Airways since 2007, Üstün mentioned. A routine well being test in March confirmed no well being issues that might have prevented him from working, he mentioned.
“As Turkish Airways, we deeply really feel the lack of our captain and lengthen our sincerest condolences to his bereaved household, colleagues, and all his family members,” Üstün mentioned. (AP)
