The suspect faces attempted-murder charges in the incident, which occurred on a Sunday Horizon Air flight from Everett, Wash. to Portland, Ore.
A person riding in the extra seat in the cockpit of a Horizon Air passenger jet allegedly tried to shut down the engines in midflight and had to be subdued by the two pilots.
Alaska 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. One of the pilots told air traffic controllers that the man who posed the threat had been removed from the cockpit.
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