AVIATION NEWS — A Turkish Airlines flight from Seattle to Istanbul made an emergency landing at New York’s John F Kennedy airport after its 59-year-old captain died mid-flight.
Flight 8JK, an Airbus A350-900, landed around 6am, according to the Federal Aviation Administration, after initial medical intervention to help the man who had lost consciousness onboard proved ineffective.
A co-pilot took over the plane and successfully landed it. The dead pilot has been identified as Ilcehin Pehlivan... theguardian.com
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