Pilot nearly kills 83 people on Alaska Airlines flight after trying to shut off the jet’s engines mid-air
EVERETT, WA – A dramatic incident unfolded on an Alaska Airlines flight on Sunday when an off-duty pilot, Joseph David Emerson, allegedly tried to shut down the engines of the fully-loaded passenger plane. The 44-year-old now faces 83 counts of attempted murder, 83 counts of reckless endangerment, and one count of endangering an aircraft, as per police records. Emerson was reportedly occupying the jump seat next to the pilot on an Embraer 175 aircraft flying …