2023-10-24 06:28:00
And pilot out of service Alaska Airlines who was sitting in a folding seat in the cabin of a American commercial flight was accused of itry anywayborn following supposedly trying to turn off the plane’s engines in mid-flight.
Horizon Air’s Embraer E-175 was on a flight from Everett, Washington, to San Francisco (west) when the incident occurred on Sunday, Alaska Airlines, Horizon’s parent company, said in a statement released on Monday, the company said. agency AFP.
The plane, which carried 80 passengerswas diverted to Portland, Oregon, where it landed safely.
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Alaska Airlines said Horizon Air pilots reported a “credible safety threat related to a Off-duty Alaska Airlines pilot riding in flight deck folding seat. The occupant of the folding seat tried unsuccessfully to interrupt the operation of the engines“.
“Horizon’s captain and first officer responded quickly, engine power was not lost, and the crew secured the aircraft without incident,” he clarified.
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Alaska Airlines did not identify the pilot in question, but Joseph Emerson44, was charged Monday by the Multnomah County Sheriff’s Office in Portland under 83 counts of attempted murder, reckless endangerment and endangering an aircraft.
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Many airlines routinely allow off-duty pilots to ride in the jump seat in the cockpit located behind the pilots.
The United States Federal Aviation Administration said it was supporting police investigations into the incident.
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