A pilot riding in the extra seat in the cockpit of a passenger jet tried to shut down the engines in midflight and had to be subdued by the two pilots Sunday, according to Alaska Airlines and ...

PORTLAND – Relief was palpable Monday morning as a federal judge told former Alaska Airlines pilot Joseph Emerson that he wouldn’t serve any prison time for trying to shut off a plane’s engine ...

A former pilot who turned off the engines of a passenger plane from the cockpit jump seat while high on magic mushrooms has been sentenced to time served. Ex-Alaska Airlines aviator Joseph Emerson had ...

Joseph Emerson, the former Alaska Airlines pilot who tried to shut down a commercial plane's engines midflight in 2023 while traveling off duty in the cockpit's jump seat, was sentenced Monday in ...

An off-duty pilot riding in the extra seat in the cockpit of a Horizon Air passenger jet tried to shut down the engines in midflight and had to be subdued by the crew, a pilot flying the plane told ...

An off-duty Alaska Airlines pilot was arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after he allegedly tried to disable an aircraft’s engines while riding in the cockpit jump seat on a regional flight.

"I am not okay," an off-duty Alaska Airlines pilot traveling in a cockpit jump seat said before allegedly grabbing handles that could have disabled the aircraft's engines, according to a federal ...

A federal judge on Monday spared former Alaska Airlines pilot Joseph D. Emerson from prison time, saying the swift loss of his career for nearly cutting off a plane’s engines while flying off-duty was ...

PLEASANT HILL, Calif. - Newly released video shows the moments after a former pilot and Pleasant Hill native attempted to shut down the engines of an Alaska Airlines flight while riding in the cockpit ...