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Newly released federal court documents say an off-duty Alaska Airlines pilot who tried to cut the engines on a regional jet midflight on Sunday told police after his arrest that he believed he was having a nervous breakdown, thought he was dreaming and that he had experimented with psychedelic mushrooms recently as his mental health worsened. It was not immediately clear if he was high at the time. Joseph David Emerson, 44, of Pleasant Hill, California, was initially arrested in Oregon on Sunday night on state counts of attempted murder after the flight crew reported that he attempted to shut down the engines on a Horizon Air flight from Washington state to California.
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New court documents say an off-duty airline pilot who tried to cut the engines on a flight in mid-air told police he had recently taken psychedelic mushrooms as his mental
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) An off-duty airline pilot riding in an extra cockpit seat on a Horizon Air flight said “I’m not OK” just before trying<a class="excerpt-read-more" href="https://whdh.com/news/off-duty-pilot-who-tried-to-cut-engines-told-police-he-experimented-with-mushrooms-complaint-says/">Read More</a>