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Turkish Airlines Pilot Dies Mid-Flight, Forcing Emergency Landing at New York City’s JFK Airport

Veteran captain suffers fatal heart attack during Istanbul-bound trip from Seattle.

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A Turkish Airlines flight from Seattle to Istanbul was forced to hang a sharp right turn off the flight path for New York's JFK Airport after its pilot suffered a heart attack. He died before the emergency landing was made. Flightaware.com
PERRY CHIARAMONTE
PERRY CHIARAMONTE

A Turkish Airlines flight bound for Istanbul from Seattle was forced to make an emergency landing at JFK Airport after the plane’s captain keeled over mid-flight from a fatal heart attack.

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PERRY CHIARAMONTE
PERRY CHIARAMONTE

Mr. Chiaramonte was an investigative reporter and producer at Fox News, a correspondent for the New York Post, and a news editor for the Messenger.

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