Who is the man accused of trying to stop a passenger plane midflight?
FILE - A worker cleans a jet bridge at Paine Field in Everett, Wash., before passengers board an Alaska Airlines flight on March 4, 2019. Seattle-based Alaska Airlines owns Horizon Air. An off-duty pilot riding in the extra seat in the cockpit of a Horizon Air passenger jet on Sunday, Oct. 22, 2023, tried to shut down the engines in mid-flight and had to be subdued by the crew, according to a pilot flying the plane. was placed into the custody of the Multnomah County Sheriff’s Office in Oregon.
The Port of Portland Police arrested Emerson at 4:11 a.m., on Monday, after the flight crew held him. The plane's pilots safely landed at Portland International Airport at 6:30 p.m. Sunday. 2016: Emerson became an Alaska Airlines First Officer following Alaska’s acquisition of Virgin AmericaA neighbor of the suspect was "shocked" after learning the father attempted to highjack a plane.
Emerson is active on social media. In his last two posts on X, he shared posts supporting Alaska Airlines pilots who picketed in the West Coast in the Spring.
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