Off-duty pilot Joseph Emerson accused of trying to crash Alaska Airlines flight
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Off-dutyのPilotが良からぬ企てで、Policeに御用..
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An off-duty pilot has been charged with 83 counts of attempted murder, after he allegedly tried to crash a passenger jet during a flight on Sunday night.
The suspect was sitting in the cockpit of an Alaska Airlines flight behind the captain and the first-officer, according to an airline statement.
A police booking document named the suspect as Joseph David Emerson, 44.
The flight was on its way from Everett, Washington, to San Francisco, California, with 80 passengers aboard.
It was diverted to Portland, Oregon, and the suspect was subdued without incident, officials said.
n a statement, Alaska Airlines said the off-duty pilot was travelling in the flight deck jump seat, when he "unsuccessfully attempted to disrupt the operation of the engines".
Crew members on Alaska Airlines Flight 2059 reported the incident to air traffic control.