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A Turkish Airlines flight from Seattle to Istanbul was forced to make an emergency landing when Captain Ilcehin Pehlivan, 59, tragically collapsed mid-flight. The incident occurred aboard Flight TK204, which had departed from Seattle on Tuesday evening. As Pehlivan became incapacitated, the second pilot and co-pilot took immediate control of the aircraft.
Turkish Airlines spokesperson Yahya Üstün addressed the situation, explaining that despite attempts to provide first aid to the captain, efforts were unsuccessful. The cockpit crew made the difficult decision to divert the flight and land at New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport, where the emergency landing took place just before 6 a.m. ET on
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