A Turkish Airlines captain died mid-flight on a Seattle-Istanbul route, leading the remaining crew to safely divert the plane to JFK.
The incident is highlighted in the context of the ongoing debate about enabling single-pilot operations for large passenger aircraft.
Pilot associations strongly oppose proposals for reduced-crew or single-pilot operations, citing concerns that such changes would erode current aviation safety standards.
In an incident that is bound to elicit a response to calls for enabling single-pilot operations, a Turkish Airlines captain died in midair after becoming ill on a flight from Seattle, Washington, to Istanbul, Turkey.
The second in command and a relief pilot took over and Flight TK204 diverted to John F. Kennedy International Airport (KJFK), where it landed safely.
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