Pilot Faces Charges For Attempted Murder After Mental Breakdown Led To Near Disaster Mid-Flight boredpanda.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from boredpanda.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
An off-duty Alaska Airlines pilot accused of trying to crash a plane with 84 people on board is being hailed as a caring family man by people who live near to him.
The scary in-air situation renews questions about airline cockpit security and flight crew screenings raised by past tragedies, from the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist hijackings to incidents of mentally anguished pilots seizing control of aircraft and crashing them.