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Tom Davidson

Alaska Airlines pilot charged with 83 counts of attempted murder after 'trying to turn off engines mid-flight'

A pilot has been charged with 83 counts of attempted murder after allegedly trying to turn off a plane's engines while flying in the cockpit off-duty.

Joseph Emerson, who works for Alaska Airlines, was arrested on Sunday in Portland after he tried to disable the engines on a flight from the Seattle area to San Francisco, but crew members subdued him, officials said.

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