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Off-duty pilot charged with attempted murder for threatening to shut engines down - Levin - 24-10-2023
BY SARAH FORTINSKY - 10/23/23 2:10 PM ET
An off-duty pilot was charged with 83 counts of attempted murder after he allegedly tried to shut off the engines of a plane mid-flight while flying in the extra seat in the cockpit Sunday.
Joseph David Emerson, a 44-year-old pilot, was also charged with 83 counts of reckless endangerment and one count of endangering an aircraft early Monday morning
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The flight departed from Everett, Wash., at 5:23 p.m. local time and was headed to San Francisco when the two pilots managed to subdue the off-duty pilot and divert the plane to land in Portland, Ore., as a result of a “credible threat,”
https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/4270924-off-duty-pilot-threatened-shut-down-engines-attempted-murder-charged/
RE: Off-duty pilot charged with attempted murder for threatening to shut engines down - Levin - 25-10-2023
Off-duty pilot said ‘I’m not OK’ before trying to cut engines midflight
https://apnews.com/article/alaska-airlines-safety-security-3a86194cccae802341243c77ea0d95ee