Child dies on Turkish Airlines flight after emergency landing in Hungary

An 11-year-old boy onboard a Turkish Airlines (THY) flight from Istanbul to New York City died after his plane made an emergency landing in Budapest on Sunday morning.

Budapest International Airport officials in a statement said that flight TK003 bound



for JFK took off from Istanbul, Turkey at 8:56 am local time before quickly diverting to Hungary after the boy lost consciousness.

The plane made an emergency landing in Budapest at 10:30 pm, where the boy and his family were rushed to hospital by ambulance.