Alaska Airlines Pilot Charged with 83 Counts of Attempted Murder

An off-duty Alaska Airlines pilot is in massive hassle after allegedly making an attempt to take down a aircraft from a sister airline — and you may inform by the handfuls of expenses he is now dealing with.

44-year-old Joseph D. Emerson — who’s employed by Alaska — was arrested and booked Monday on 83 counts of tried homicide in Multnomah County, OR … this after regulation enforcement claims he tried to close off the plane’s engines mid-flight the evening prior.

It’s an odd story … apparently, Emerson was hitching a experience on a Horizon Airlines flight — which is owned by the identical firm that manages Alaska — that was going from Seattle to San Francisco … however which needed to divert to Portland as a result of of this alleged incident.

According to cops — who cite crew members onboard — Emerson pulled this extremely harmful stunt whereas sitting within the cockpit’s soar seat … however fortunately, the captain and first officer had been in a position to subdue him and stop the aircraft from taking place.

ATC audio reportedly captured crew members discussing what occurred over the airwaves — with somebody saying, “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, I think he’s subdued. We want law enforcement as soon as we get on the ground and parked.”

Well, Emerson was certainly met by officers … and so they’re accusing him of lots. In addition to the 83 tried homicide expenses, he is additionally been hit with 83 counts of reckless endangerment — plus, endangering an plane. No phrase on what presumably led him to do that.