A former airline pilot who was arrested last month for allegedly tried to shut off the engines during a plane flight to California is speaking out about the ordeal. Alaska Airlines pilot Joseph David Emerson, 44, was off duty but approved to be in the cockpit during the Horizon Air flight that departed from Washington …
An off-duty Alaska Airlines pilot told police he tried to pull the handles that would have activated a Horizon Air flight’s fire suppression system and shut down the plane’s engines Sunday afternoon because he thought he was dreaming and wanted to wake up. Joseph David Emerson, 44, also told police he’d taken psychedelic mushrooms 48 …
An off-duty airline pilot aboard a California-bound plane on Sunday allegedly tried to shut off the engines mid-flight. KATU reported that the Horizon Air flight was traveling from Washington to California, but it was diverted to Portland, Oregon, following the incident. Alaska Airlines officials said their pilot Joseph David Emerson, 44, was approved to be …
