An off-duty pilot, who was sitting in a jump seat and tried to “shut down” the Alaska Airlines‘ plane engines during the flight—while on psychedelic mushrooms— now has a federal charge tacked onto his 83 counts of attempted murder.
On Tuesday, the US Attorney’s Office for the District of Oregon announced that Joseph David Emerson, 44, has been charged by criminal complaint with one count of interfering with flight crew members and attendants.
