Department of Motor Vehicles has suspended crews from operating its driverless taxis in San Francisco. And a man is facing dozens of charges for allegedly tried to stop a planes engine while it was in the we will go live as we continue to learn more about the suspect. From the bay station. Youre watching kron. And news. Thank you for joining us here on kron. 4 news at noon. Im justine waldman. We start with a bombshell announcement from the dmv. Cruz is losing its permit to deploy and test Driverless Cars on public roads, at least for now. This is coming while labor leaders and allies are demanding more regulations for all robot taxis. Kron fours Michael Thomas reports now what led to the suspension. Well, crews Must Immediately stop using their driverless vehicles. The dmv says ultimately its because of safety issues for taking this action. Take a look at your screen. Theres details now specifically. There are 4 criteria for the suspension. The department has determined that the compa
From the bay areas local news station. Youre watching 4 news at 6. The cockpit. Right now at 6, a chaos in the cockpit of an Alaska Airlines flight headed for San Francisco after an east bay man tries to shut down the engines mid flight. Good evening, everybody. Im vicki liviakis. Im ken wayne. A scary situation that happened last night on an alaskan Airlines Flight from Washington State heading for San Francisco. Authorities say the offduty pilot was sitting in the jump seat inside the cockpit when he apparently tried to shut down the engines. The plane was diverted to portland where that man was arrested. Crawfords grant lotus here in the studio with us to break it all down. I mean, grant scary, but also. It so mysterious dome founding, you know, especially with it being a pilot, you worry about so many things in the past that so here we go, well set the stage for you at home because this is. Really weird happened. Sue a plane similar to this one here. Its called an embraer one. 75.
Get on the ground now at 5, we may never know just how close an sfo bound flight was to disaster, but a potential catastrophe averted in the skies on sunday. East bay man is in custody tonight. Thank you for joining us on kron. 4 news at 5. Im noelle bellow and im grant lotus. Thats right. This man is actually a pilot. He was off duty at the time and hes being accused of trying to turn off the planes engines. So you can see and this map here, the plane took off from a airport near seattle and it headed south bound for san opfrancisco. Never made it that far, though, instead, this plane made an Emergency Landing in portland kron. 4 s Charles Clifford reports. Fortunately, no one was injured as a result of this incident. But now the fbi in the Portland Police department are investigating this case and one man is in custody facing 167 charges, including 83 counts of attempted murder on sunday afternoon, Alaska Airlines flight 2, 0, 5, 9, a 76 seat horizon air flight was flying from everet
Station. This is. 11. Good evening, everybody. Thanks being with us tonight on kron. 4 news at 11, im grant lotus and im noelle bellow. We start tonight with investigators. Trying to figure out why an offduty pilot from the east bay when intentionally try to disable a plane midair while heading to San Francisco. And that man is now facing 167 charges, including attempted murder. Kron 4 Sarah Stinson is at the pilots home in Pleasant Hill with more. This Pleasant Hill home is where Alaska Airlines pilot Joseph Emerson lives with his wife and 2 kids. We saw some family members and a friend going back and forth from a truck to the home gathering items for the family. We asked if they would chat with us about this, but they said theyve been advised by attorneys not to speak with news outlets. Date. They give a ride trying track down the end their verdict. The landing foreman Alaska Airlines pilot 44 yearold Joseph Emerson was arrested sunday after allegedly causing a disturbance in the coc
Out after she says she was molested by a doctor in the north bay and get on the ground a dangerous scare in the air and Alaska Airlines pilot from the bay area now under arrest, accused of trying to intentionally crash a plane. That was bound for San Francisco. When fun from the bay areas local news station. Youre watching kron. 4 news. Good evening. Thanks for joining us at 10. Im ken wayne and im vicki liviakis. We start tonight with investigators trying to figure out why an offduty pilot from the east bay would intentionally attempted disabled plane heading to San Francisco. That man is now facing 167 charges, including attempted murder. Kron 4 Sarah Stinson live from the mans home in Pleasant Hill with more. Sara . Now this Pleasant Hill home is where Alaska Airlines pilot Joseph Emerson lives with his wife and 2 kids. Now just about an hour ago, we saw some family members and a friend come by gathering some items for the family. The friend telling us that family members have been