Pilot dies flying Turkish Airlines plane from US to Turkey

A Turkish Airlines aviator has died aft becoming sick connected his ain formation from Seattle connected the north-west seashore of the United States to Istanbul successful Turkey.

Captain Ilcehin Pehlivan, 59, collapsed mid-air and a 2nd aviator and co-pilot took implicit the controls, an hose spokesperson said connected X.

"When archetypal assistance to our skipper connected the level was unsuccessful, the cockpit crew... decided to marque an exigency landing, but helium died earlier landing," Yahya Ustun explained.

The Airbus 350 level landed successful New York and plans were past made to alert the passengers connected to Turkey from there, helium added.

Pehlivan had flown with Turkish Airlines since 2007 and had been fixed a regular wellness cheque successful aboriginal March which recovered nary wellness occupation that mightiness impact his job, the hose said.

Turkey's aerial postulation controllers' relation TATCA said helium had served the aviation assemblage for galore years and offered its condolences to his family, friends and colleagues.