Joseph David Emerson, 44, was booked on 83 counts of attempted murder and 83 counts of reckless endangerment.
Due to the sensitive and/or legal subject matter of some of the content on globalnews.ca, we reserve the ability to disable comments from time to time.File - An Alaska Airlines Bombardier Dash 8 Q400 operated by Horizon Air takes off from at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport International Airport on Aug. 11, 2018.
The off-duty pilot was sitting in the cockpit’s jump seat when he allegedly attempted to “disrupt the operation of the engines.” An FAA notice sent to airlines states that the suspect tried to deploy the plane’s fire suppression system., which broadcasts live air traffic control radio communication. An air traffic controller in Portland can be heard asking the pilots of Flight 2059 to “let me know the threat level.
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