Alaska Airlines flight diverts after off-duty pilot attempts to disable engines
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.
Joseph David Emerson was arrested on Sunday in Portland and was booked into jail on 83 counts of attempted murder, 83 counts of recklessly endangering another person and one count of endangering an aircraft, according to the local prosecutor’s office.
