Pilot dies on Turkish Airlines flight; aircraft lands in New York
NEW YORK CITY, New York: The death of the pilot aboard a Turkish Airlines jetliner headed from Seattle to Istanbul this week forced the copilot to make an emergency landing in New York, an airline official said.
Turkish Airlines spokesperson Yahya Ustun said in a statement that at some point after flight 204 took off from Seattle on October 8 night, Pilot Ilcehin Pehlivan, 59, lost consciousness.
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