Turkish Airlines jet makes emergency landing in Canada

November 27 2017 13:44:55

Turkish Airlines jet makes emergency landing in Canada

ISTANBUL - Anadolu Agency

A Miami-bound Turkish Airlines flight, which had taken off from Istanbul, made an emergency landing in a Canadian airport on Nov. 27 to attend to a sick passenger.

TK77 flight, which departed from Istanbul's Ataturk Airport, made the emergency landing at Halifax Stanfield International Airport after a 30-year-old male passenger said he was unwell, according to a statement by the airline.

The passenger and his attendant were shifted to a hospital.

The plane landed at the Miami airport an hour late, the statement added.

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