Off-duty Alaska Airlines pilot who tried to crash plane midflight in magic mushrooms trip dodges additional prison time

A former off-duty Alaska Airlines pilot who tried to crash a San Francisco-bound flight by shutting off the engines while on ...

Off-duty US pilot who tried to crash plane midair to avoid new prison time

A US pilot who tried to shut off a passenger plane's engines mid-flight will serve no additional prison time, a federal court ...

Ex-Alaska Air pilot who tried to cut power midflight avoids prison

Joseph Emerson, who grabbed the red shut-off handles on a flight that had departed Everett's Paine Field in 2023, was ...

Off-duty Bay Area pilot who used psychedelic mushrooms won’t see additional prison time in attempted crash of flight

Joseph Emerson, of Pleasant Hill, was sentenced to time served after pleading guilty or no contest to trying to cut the ...
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Former Alaska Airlines pilot Joseph Emerson sentenced to time served

Former Alaska Airlines pilot Joseph Emerson, accused of trying to crash a 2023 flight, was sentenced to time served after a ...

Off-duty pilot who 'tried to crash plane' while high on mushrooms makes wild confession

Flight crew members successfully subdued Joseph Emerson after he tried to disable the aircraft's engines, and the plane was ...
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Flight attendants on Alaska Airlines door plug flight sue Boeing

The flight attendants on board Alaska Airlines Flight 1282, where the door plug blew out in January 2024, are now suing Boeing, claiming they "sustained injuries of a personal, permanent, and ...