A 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 two...
An Alaska Airlines jet takes off over Bachman Lake where birds gather near Love Field in Dallas, Monday, March 19, 2018. A 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 two pilots.
Authorities in Portland identified the man as Joseph David Emerson, 44. He was being held Monday on dozens of counts of attempted murder and reckless endangerment, according to the Multnomah County Sheriff’s Office in Oregon. CNBC reported thaAlaska Airlines, which owns Horizon, said Monday that the crew reported “a credible security threat related to an authorized occupant in the flight deck jump seat.” The airline said in a statement that no weapons were involved.
The incident happened on a Horizon Air flight that left Everett, Washington, at 5:23 p.m. local time and landed in Portland an hour later.One of the pilots told air traffic controllers that the man who posed the threat had been removed from the cockpit. “We’ve got the guy that tried to shut the engines down out of the cockpit. And he — doesn’t sound like he’s causing any issue in the back right now, and I think he’s subdued,” one of the pilots said on audio captured byThe incident occurred on a 76-seat Embraer 175 plane. Alaska Airlines did not immediately say how many passengers were on board.
A ratified contract with pilots is enough to keep American Airlines Group feeling jolly headed into the holiday travel season, even after losing $545 million in the third quarter while competitors United Airlines and Delta Air Lines were racking up profits of more than $1 billion each.
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