A Turkish Airlines pilot died mid-flight and was forced to make an emergency landing in New York.
The plane, which took off from the United States on Tuesday, was en route to Istanbul, Turkey.
Yahya Ustun, a spokesman for the airline, said on X (formerly Twitter) that the plane had taken off from the western U.S. coastal city of Seattle.
“The pilot of our Airbus 350 flight TK204 from Seattle to Istanbul collapsed during the flight,” he wrote.
“After an unsuccessful attempt to give first aid, the flight crew of another pilot and a co-pilot decided to make an emergency landing, but he died before landing.”
The 59-year-old pilot, who had worked for Turkish Airlines since 2007, had passed a medical examination in March, which gave no indication of any health problems, Ustun wrote.