A former Alaska Airlines pilot accused of trying to cut the engines of a passenger flight in 2023 while riding off-duty in the cockpit is due to enter guilty and no-contest pleas in federal and state ...

Joseph Emerson, an ex-pilot who tried to cut the engines of an Alaska Airlines flight in 2023 while riding off-duty in the cockpit, has reached plea deals with state and federal prosecutors, his ...

A former Alaska Airlines pilot who attempted to disable the engines of a 2023 passenger flight while riding off duty in the cockpit — after taking psychedelic mushrooms — pleaded guilty or no contest ...

(CN) — An off-duty pilot admitted to endangering the lives of 84 people when he tried to shut down a flight mid-air from the cockpit, pleading guilty to a federal charge of interfering with a flight ...

PORTLAND, Ore. - A former Alaska Airlines pilot accused of trying to cut the engines of a passenger flight in 2023 while riding off-duty in the cockpit has reached plea agreements with state and ...

Almost two years after off-duty Alaska Airlines pilot Joseph Emerson tried to shut off a plane’s engine mid-flight, the California man has pleaded guilty to related charges in Portland, Oregon, as ...

FILE - Joseph David Emerson, back, appears in Multnomah County Circuit Court for an indictment hearing in Portland, Ore., on Dec. 7, 2023. (Dave Killen/The Oregonian via AP, Pool, File) PORTLAND, Ore.