A rather horrific incident has played out, as a pilot collapsed, and kicks the bucks while flying a plane.
The Turkish airlines has lost a pilot, who was said to have been carrying passengers from the the US city, Seattle on Tuesday evening.
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Following the pilots demise, the plane was forced to make an emergency landing in New York.
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Confirming the incident, the airline spokesperson, Yahya Ustun, took to their official X page on Wednesday, October 9, where they wrote;
“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.”
Further reports showed that the the 59-year-old pilot, who had worked for Turkish Airlines since 2007, had passed a medical examination in March, which gave no indication of any health problems, Ustun wrote.
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