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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
War in israel continues in the day. 16 people in the south. Theyre calling for hamas to release hostages taken during their surprise attack. And police are investigating Death Threats written on the bay area, High School Bathroom wall. Live at that high school this marning. From the areas local news station. Youre watching the kron. 4 morning far. Good morning. Thank you for joining us on the kron. 4 morning news. It is monday, october 21st 23rd. Im James Fletcher in for harvey this morning and we do want to start the hour with a check of the weather because we did, as john had promised, got some showers over the weekend. The paper still a little damp this morning. John, good well i dont know, but everyone else, but i just love these first rains of the season and it did feel kinda nice yesterday, right . Great to see some rain, especially this time of year. Were still in fire season. Every one of these light sprinkles to showers that we saw yesterday really helps things out and cleans
From the areas local news station, youre watching the kron. 4 morning news at 6. Thanks for waking up with us on a monday. Im sorry and im james fletcher. Did you catch any of those showers . Yes, me too. Yeah, actually, my my sister who lives more towards kirkwood. Up north, she said there are flash i was kind of surprise and it was a real rain in my neck of the woods to him or in is that one done . Were done for the week. Ers are more on the way were done for the week, but it definitely added up. This system didnt mess around as it made its way. And we saw some pretty impressive rainfall. Mount tam got over 2 inches of rainfall yesterday alone. So it definitely turned out to be a pretty good october shower. And that is really putting a huge dent in the fire season. If that hadnt already been done already. Now, look outside right now does show a lot of clear skies out there looking from mount tam on into the rest of the bay area. Skies have cleared dried out, which is good news for us
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