An off-duty pilot riding in the cockpit of an Alaska Airlines jet tried to disable the aircraft's engines on a flight from the Seattle area to San Francisco, but crew members subdued him, and the plane landed in Portland, Oregon, officials said on Monday (Oct 23). Joseph David Emerson was arrested on Sunday in Portland and was booked into jail...
PHOTO: Screengrab/ReutersAn off-duty pilot riding in the cockpit of an Alaska Airlines jet tried to disable the aircraft's engines on a flight from the Seattle area to San Francisco, but crew members subdued him, and the plane landed in Portland, Oregon, officials said on Monday .
Alaska Airlines Flight 2059, operated by Alaska Air Group's regional subsidiary Horizon Air, departed Everett, Washington, on Sunday bound for San Francisco but was re-routed to Portland after reporting a security threat, the airline said. Radio chatter from the flight deck moments later was captured on audio posted by LiveATC.net, an online service that streams communications between air traffic control and commercial jets.
Adam Silverthorne, president of California-based NRI Flying Club, said the incident was incongruous with the kindhearted, methodical family man he knew Emerson as several years ago when Emerson was a club member and flight instructor. A club newsletter mentioned Emerson was at NRI in 2016.
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