To crash a flight headed for San Francisco. It all comes as he made his first appearance in a portland courtroom today. Good evening. Im ama daetz. And im dan ashley. Thanks for joining us today. Alaska airlines announcing it has removed the off duty pilot, 44 year old Joseph Emerson from service indefinitely and relieved him of all duties with the airline. And this comes as we learn what emerson told the off duty pilots on duty. Pilots rather, moments before he acted. Abc seven news iteam reporter dan noyes is going through Court Documents very closely. He is in the newsroom with the very latest on this. Dan . Well, dan and ama, the Court Documents describe a terrifying 90s thats how long the on duty pilot struggled with Joseph Emerson as he tried to cut power to the jets engines. Through his attorney, 44 year old Joseph Emerson pleaded not guilty to the 83 attempted murder counts for each of the people aboard that Alaska Airlines flight operated by horizon air from everett, washingto
Pled not guilty to 167 charges, including 83 counts of attempted murder. According to federal court documents, emerson admits to trying to turn off the planes engine after telling the pilots he was, quote, not okay. Well, its really sad news. I never would imagine. Reporter on sunday, emerson was riding as a passenger in the cockpits third seat from washington to sfo. Court documents go on to say the Pleasant Hill resident told police he thought he was, quote, dreaming and wanted to wake up. Investigators say he admitted to taking psychedelic mushrooms. They also claim emerson explained he was dealing with depression, had not slept in 40 hours, and thought he was having a nervous breakdown, shocking neighbor karen yee. He was lucid enough to realize that things were going wrong in his head, and he could express himself and get people to take care of him. So that shows what kind of a good person he really is. Reporter the official incident report shows the offduty pilot was then sent to
Is spoke look for sunshine this afternoon. Mild for november. We will talk about a sunnier afternoon coming up. Thank you, lisa. United Airlines Pilot being praised for stepping in and after a fight about politics. Abc7 News Reporter Sergio Quintana has details there is not usually you the announcement you hear, as people we have to respect other peoples decisions and to get along on the flight. The man who shot the describedio told me by phone the announcement came after an argument between two passengers. He said at least i get to keep my guns and she told him how could you say that to a brown person . Because shes africanamerican. They were arguing about the election. The United Airlines spokesman said flight attendants separated the two passengers before the pilots announcement. This is the latest since tuesday. In pittsburgh neighbors snapped a picture of this banner. It includes the n word. The Pittsburgh City said it violates the citys sign policy and to remove it. I think its n
Violater two landed safely after the pilot took charge. We have the story. This is not the kind of announcement you usually hear from an airline pilot. As people, we have the common decency to respect each others decisions, and to get along on this flight. The man who shot the video by phone told me the announcement came after an argument between two passengers. He said at least i get to keep my guns and she told him how could you say that to a brown person . Because shes africanamerican. They were arguing about the election. The United Airlines spokesman said flight attendants separated the two passengers before the pilots announcement. This is the latest out burse since tuesday. In pittsburgh neighbors snapped a picture of this banner. It includes the n word. The Pittsburgh Police said it violates large science on private property and ordered them to remove it. I think its natural to see eruptions in the beginning, but the real question is what will after overtime. The leaders need t
The intrepid traveler trying to become the youngest woman to visit every country in the world. Why shes doing it and what shes calling the most beautiful part of her epic journey. Hey, good morning. We have a shot here of trump tower in midtown manhattan. Where, this morning, decisions are being made about whos going to run this country for the next four years. And we now know that Vice President elect mike pence will be taking over the transition team. Were also hearing a flurry of reports about the various republicans, including Rudy Giuliani and Newt Gingrich, who could move into some of the top positions. Meanwhile, it was another night of antitrump protests. In portland, oregon, one person got shot. Well have much more on the simmering divisions in this country coming up, but we start with mary bruce at the white house, reporting on the transition from an Obama Administration to a trump administration. Mary, good morning. Good morning. The president elect is walking back from a ce