Pilot collapses and dies mid-air while flying from US to Turkey

Turkish Airlines plane. Image used for illustration purposes. PHOTO/@TurkishAirlines/X

A Turkish Airlines pilot has died after becoming ill on his flight from Seattle on the north-west coast of the United States to Istanbul in Turkey. Captain Ilcehin Pehlivan, 59, collapsed mid-air and a second pilot and co-pilot took over the controls, an airline spokesman said on X. “When first aid to our captain on […]