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A holiday flight from Manchester had to divert to Istanbul after the co-pilot died during the journey to Cyprus yesterday.
The captain of the GB Airways Airbus A320, with 156 passengers aboard, landed safely at Istanbul at about 5.45pm UK time.
The flight left Manchester at 2.20pm bound for Paphos in Cyprus. Passengers were put up in Istanbul last night and the airline was today making arrangements to get them to Cyprus.
The airline said today: “GB Airways confirms that yesterday’s flight BA 6826 from Manchester to Paphos diverted to Istanbul due to a medical emergency on the flight deck.
“On landing, it was confirmed that the first officer (co-pilot) had died during the flight. At no time was the aircraft, passengers or crew in any danger.
“The first officer’s next of kin have been informed and our thoughts and condolences are with his wife and family following this tragic news.”
GB Airways later named the dead man as Michael Warren, 43, from Ormskirk, Lancashire. He was married and had two sons, aged five and eight.
A spokeswoman for the airline added: “He had been with GB Airways since August 2005 and previous to that he flew with the RAF.”
It is understood that he was certified dead after the plane landed in Turkey.
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