Joe Emerson, the pilot who attempted to shut down the engines of an in-flight Alaska Airlines plane, shares his story with ABC News.
  • iAmTheTot@sh.itjust.works
    42·
    2 months ago

    Or, just maybe don’t do drugs if you know you have to fly a plane soon and are possibly struggling with depression.

    • givesomefucks@lemmy.worldEnglish
      8·
      2 months ago

      He wasn’t flying the plane.

      He was getting a free flight from his airline because he was a pilot.

      Think it was a cargo plane so he was one of the only passengers. He freaked out, entered the cabin, and started trying to crash the plane. The actual pilots had to hit him with a wrench or something I think to stop him.

      And he took them like 12 hours before the flight, this was at the “this is a dream I have to wake up” stage.

      At least. That’s what I remember from one this happened, it’s been a minute

      • Waldowal@lemmy.world
        10·
        2 months ago

        That must be something else because he was charged with 83 counts of attempted murder. 1 for each passenger.

        • AmidFuror@fedia.io
          2·
          2 months ago

          He was in a passenger jet. He had a seat in the cockpit with the actual pilot and copilot.

      • Rhaedas@fedia.io
        5·
        2 months ago

        He was getting a free flight from his airline because he was a pilot.

        Think it was a cargo plane so he was one of the only passengers. He freaked out, entered the cabin, and started trying to crash the plane. The actual pilots had to hit him with a wrench or something I think to stop him.

        This sounds like the FedEx hijacking attempt, flight 705.