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The captain of the passenger aircraft died in flight
Turkish Airlines Captain-Pilot died directly in flight during the flight of Seatl Stambul. Management had to take on the second pilot. 59-year-old Ilchekhin was not able to save Pekhlivan-he died before the aircraft managed to urgently sit. It is reported by the BBC.
The TK204 flight flew out of Seattle, Washington, at about 19:00 on Tuesday, October 8, local time. Pokhlivan became ill when the plane flew over the most remote and less populated Canadian province Nunavut near Greenland at an altitude of 11900 meters. He was tried to provide first aid, and the second pilot urgently launched the plane and directed him towards John Kennedy International Airport in New York.
“When an attempt to first aid was not successful to the captain, the pilot’s crew decided to urgently [turn around and] to land in the [New York], but he died before the plane flew,” said the press secretary of Turkish Airlines Yahya Ustyun.
Ilchekhin Poklivan worked as a Turkish Airlines pilot since 2007 and held medical examinations annually, the last time in March 2024. Then the health problems that could prevent his work were found.
The cause of death is not disclosed. The Turkish Association of Air Forceys (Tatca) made a statement in which it emphasized the long service of the pavement of civil aviation, and also expressed condolences to his family, friends and colleagues.
A similar case occurred in 2015. The American Airlines pilot, 57-year-old captain Michael Johnson, died during a flight from Phoenix, Arizona, to Boston. On board the aircraft were five crew members and 147 passengers. Fortunately, the second pilot managed to take control of management and urgently land the plane in the city of Syracuse, New York.
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