Alaska Air pilot used ‘magic’ mushrooms before flight, documents show

Joseph Emerson tried to shut off the engines of a jet during a flight over the Pacific Northwest.

PORTLAND: An off-duty pilot accused of trying to shut off the engines of an Alaska Airlines jet during a flight over the Pacific Northwest said he was having a nervous breakdown and had previously ingested psychedelic mushrooms, court documents released on Tuesday show.

After his arrest, he told an officer that he had previously taken psychedelic – or “magic” – mushrooms for the first time and had been depressed for the past six months, according to an FBI affidavit.State court documents say Emerson had taken “magic mushrooms” about 48 hours before the incident. Alaska Airlines said Tuesday that at no time during the check-in or boarding process did employees observe any signs of impairment that would have led them to prevent Emerson from flying.

After the attempt to disable the engines, Emerson – in wrist restraints – tried to grab the handle of an emergency exit during the flight’s descent but was stopped by a flight attendant, prosecutors said. He had told crew: “You need to cuff me right now or it’s going to be bad.” He was booked into jail on 83 state counts of attempted murder, 83 counts of recklessly endangering another person and one count of endangering an aircraft.

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