Posted on 10/09/2024 5:57:34 PM PDT by nickcarraway
Turkish Airlines pilot died after collapsing mid-flight, forcing the Turkish national carrier to make an emergency landing in New York, the airline said Wednesday. The incident occurred after the plane took off from Seattle on Tuesday evening, airline spokesman Yahya Ustun wrote on social media.
Pilot İlçehin Pehlivan, 59, lost consciousness at some point after Flight TK204 took off from Seattle Tuesday night, Üstün said. "The pilot of our Airbus 350... flight TK204 from Seattle to Istanbul collapsed during the flight," he wrote. "After an unsuccessful attempt to give first aid, the flight crew of another pilot and a co-pilot decided to make an emergency landing, but he died before landing."
A map posted by flight tracking data company FlightAware appears to show the plane flying over northern Canada before diverting south toward New York. In a statement, the FAA said the flight "landed safely at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York around 6 a.m. local time on Wednesday, October 9, after the one of the pilots suffered a medical emergency."
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Mandatory pilot coincidence?
Turk Hava Yolari... THY... back in the day we would joke that the THY stood for ‘They Hate You’...
Turkish is a good airline
Safe and effective.
A man terrified of flying sitting next to a calm and confident woman on a commercial flight asked her how she could be so calm, while he was absolutely panicking as the plane lifted off.
She responded in a caring and comforting tone, “I just don’t think it’s my time to go.”
Uncomforted, the man asked “What if it’s the pilot’s time?”
Flight From Seattle to Istanbul Makes Emergency Landing in New York After Pilot Dies Mid-Flight
10/09/2024 12:06:54 PM PDT · by Red Badger · 73 replies
Gateway Pundit ^ | October 09, 2024 | Cristina Laila
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Idelwild? It’s been JFK for almost four times longer than it was Idelwild...
Idlewild...
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