Ilcehin Pehlivan, 59, lost consciousness while captaining flight from Seattle to Istanbul before co-pilot took over

A Turkish Airlines flight from Seattle to Istanbul made an emergency landing at New York’s John F Kennedy airport after its 59-year-old captain died mid-flight.

Flight 8JK, an Airbus A350-900, landed around 6am, according to the Federal Aviation Administration, after initial medical intervention to help the man who had lost consciousness onboard proved ineffective. A co-pilot took over the plane and successfully landed it.