Turkish Airlines' passenger plane coming from Tehran, the capital of Iran going to Istanbul, made an emergency landing at Esenboğa Airport in Ankara on suspicion of a new type of coronavirus (Kovid-19).

 

According to the information obtained by AirportHaber; It was learned that a passenger on the flight TK879 has symptoms of Coronavirus and the flight crew made an emergency landing decision. Numerous medical teams were available to meet the aircraft. It was stated that the A330-300 type aircraft with TC-LOE tail registration put it at Esenboğa Airport at 10:45 and all passengers were screened. It was stated that all transactions were carried out under the coordination of Esenboğa Airport Civil Authority and there was a suspicion of virus in 1 passenger.

 

The person quarantined on suspicion of the virus is likely to be Turkish national in line with the decision of Directorate General of Civil Aviation (SHGM) that instructed that only Turkish nationals would be carried by Turkish companies.

 

It was stated that there were 132 passengers on the plane.