The pilot of the plane fainted and a forced landing was made in Greece of the Jet2 company aircraft, which was headed from Birmingham, England to Antalya.

The plane, writes kisadalga.net, made an emergency landing in Greece because the pilot fainted during the flight.

A plane that took off from Birmingham, England, bound for Antalya, made an emergency landing in Greece after the pilot fainted during the flight.

According to the Turkish Sözcü, the incident happened on August 23.

While the plane, which took off from Birmingham Airport, was en route to Antalya, passengers said they experienced severe turbulence. While the plane made an emergency landing in Thessaloniki, passengers disembarked and ambulances were on the runway.

"We all noticed something was wrong at the front of the plane," one of the passengers told British broadcaster Birmingham Live. We thought a passenger might have been injured during the turbulence sequence. We were then told that we would be landing in Greece due to an emergency. However, information about why it happened was not shared . he said.

After the plane landed in Thessaloniki, the passengers noticed that the pilot was sick and the pilot was taken to the hospital by ambulance.

It turned out that the pilot passed out during the flight at an altitude of about 30 thousand feet.

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