Thats a trusted person at the airline. Im just happy to be home, happy to be safe, and im happy they handled it really well. An Emergency Landing for a flight bound for San Francisco after an off duty pilot who was riding as a passenger in the cockpit allegedly tried to shut down the engines. Good evening. Thank you for joining us for this special edition of abc7 news at nine. Im dan ashley and im ama daetz. The horizon air flight left everett, washington, just north of seattle, bound for San Francisco yesterday evening. But the plane was diverted to portland where the off duty pilot was taken off the plane and arrested accused of trying to shut off the engines. That off duty pilot has now been identified as 44 year old Joseph David Emerson from Pleasant Hill. Were not showing his photo because he has not been charged in court yet. He works for Alaska Airlines, which owns horizon air, which is why he was authorized to sit in the cockpit in the flight deck jump seat while its still not
Emerson works for Alaska Airlines, which owns horizon air, and he was authorized to sit in the cockpit in the flight deck seat. Aviation experts say its not unusual for a pilot commuting to another airport to sit there. Were still working to figure out exactly what happened next, but Officials Say emerson was overpowered and Alaska Airlines saying his attempt to shut off the engines was unsuccessful, adding that the captain and first officer quickly restored landed. The plane, was then able to safely land in portland with no one injured. Heres a recording of the exchange on board between the pilot and air traffic controllers. This is shortly after emerson was subdued by the flight crew and handcuffed to a seat. Okay i just give you a heads up. Weve got the guy that tried to shut the engines down out of the cockpit. Um, and he doesnt sound like hes causing any issue in the back right now. I think hes subdued. Yeah, we want Law Enforcement as soon as we get on the ground and parked horiz
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