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.
Off-duty pilot Joseph D. Emerson allegedly denied taking medication to police but said he became depressed about six months ago, talked about use of psychedelic mushrooms and said it was his first-time taking mushrooms.
Affidavit: Pilot says mental health, psychedelic mushrooms had role in airline incident usf.edu - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from usf.edu Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
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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