Pilot in jail on 83 counts of attempted murder after allegedly trying to shut down plane engine



Alaskan Airlines pilot Joseph Emerson is being held in an Oregon jail and booked on 167 charges, including 83 potential counts of attempted murder. The FBI and local police allege Emerson tried to shut down the plane’s engine at a cruising altitude. NBC News’ Tom Costello reports.

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31 comments

  1. isreali pilot not in jail on 5000 counts of murder. The US got him off on "self-defense"

  2. He waited to become a passenger before attempting this

  3. Silk air also had one dude take himself while flying

  4. Look at his eyes, no soul

  5. This is why AI will take over smh 🤦‍♀️

  6. He will be in prison for the rest of his life , or death penalty ,, hes no longer a pilot

  7. Wait, an off-duty pilot was allowed to fly in the cockpit? Is it legal?

  8. He definitely doesn't look middle eastern

  9. The vibes from timberline

  10. Since he a pilot, He likely knew all the consequences.

  11. imagen he would've been on duty.😮

  12. I want to know WHY please

  13. We need to blame Canada. They didn’t even say anything about the Chinese spy balloon 🎈.

  14. When you finally let the intrusive thoughts win.

  15. Ooop 😯😮👁️👄👁️👀

  16. talking about mental breakdown.. the way y’all excuse this kind of behavior is ridiculous.

  17. Can’t go in public can’t go to schools now we can’t fly, electric bike here we come

  18. The fire suppression activator lever was probably designed so that it took a few seconds to pull it, for various reasons, including this one.

  19. We have to get these people of America – oh my bad I did not see his picture, its mental health.

  20. Yeah, he "looks like" a crazy person. Like Jeff Bezos' little brother.

  21. The violence from Biden voters is out of control!

  22. An AI pilot would be safer than a human pilot.

  23. Bro let his illustrative thoughts win

  24. That pilot saw something! This is abnormal, no one in their right mind would have done that, especially a trained pilot.

  25. Cruising altitude. Jet can coast for about 100 miles with all engines down. Look it up, I did earlier after hearing about this.

  26. The CCP still hasn’t released the China Eastern report, lol.
    (It was one of the pilots. Likely, the senior pilot.)

  27. He found out they were taking him to san Francisco