Posted on 10/09/2024 12:06:54 PM PDT by Red Badger
A flight from Seattle to Istanbul, Turkey made an emergency landing in New York on Wednesday morning after one of its pilots died mid-flight.
A Turkish Airlines pilot “lost consciousness” mid-flight forcing the co-pilot to reroute to JFK in New York.
Turkish Airlines confirmed Capt. İlçehin Pehlivan, 59, died before the plane landed after medical intervention failed to resuscitate him.
The pilot was in perfect health and had his last health examination in August.
“Having worked at Turkish Airlines since 2007, İlçehin PEHLİVAN was 59 years old. A periodic health examination was carried out on 08.03.2024 at the Aviation Medical Center authorized by the General Directorate of Civil Aviation, and no health problem was detected that would prevent him from working,” Turkish Airline’s senior vice president of media relations said on X.
ABC News reported:
Flight 204 was traveling from Seattle to Istanbul when it was diverted to John F. Kennedy International Airport for an emergency landing at approximately 6 a.m. after “one of the pilots suffered a medical emergency,” according to the Federal Aviation Administration.
Capt. İlçehin Pehlivan “lost consciousness” during the flight, and after initial medical intervention proved ineffective, the co-pilot was rerouted to JFK, where the Airbus A320 safely landed, the airline said in a statement.
Turkish Airlines also confirmed that Pehlivan died before the plane touched ground. Since it was a long-haul international flight, two other pilots were on board at the time.
Upon landing, the aircraft was met by emergency personnel, according to airport authorities.
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BTW it was an Airbus..
Curious on the market demand for a non-stop from Seattle to Turkey?...
Istanbul is a connecting airport to the Middle East, India, Africa, South Asia, and parts of Southern Europe.
Single engine jobs during the war.
Perhaps. Since the flight was from Seattle to Istanbul, the three most probable causes of death are:
1. clot shot, or
2. knew too much on the Clintons, or
3. was heard saying that Turks and Kurds are the same race.
Pachalafaka, pachalafaka
They whisper it all over Turkey
Was on a connecting flight at JFK to Istanbul. Passengers were ready to make our connection but the plane wouldn’t disembark. After a while of it getting hot I declared “ great. When I get to Istanbul, I’ll smell like everybody else.”
There wasn’t a closer Canadian airport? Interesting.
Shirley you must be kidding...
Moscow too.
We’ll never know what Pachalafaka means.................
>> The pilot was in perfect health
I want a second opinion!
It wasn't an AB320 that was mentioned by the GWP authors. The embedded X link has it correct as being an AB350. For this lengthy flight, there would be 4 pilots onboard...
He had the lasagna
You can have a perfect non remarkable thallium stress test at noon
Have a clot show up or a piece of ischemia plaque break up and block the LAD or circumflex coronary artery and you have a serious problem
Ditto ventricular tachycardia that doesn’t abate promptly
It’s how we’ve always simply died suddenly
There he is! Thanks
He was ugly, too!................
I want to peacefully in my sleep, like my grandfather did, not screaming in terror like his passengers.
My wife’s aunt was sitting in her livingroom watching TV with her adult son, engaged in conversation, when she just nodded down and was gone...............
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