Former Alaska Airlines pilot Joseph Emerson was sentenced to time served and three years of supervised release for trying to cut a flight’s engines in 2023. Emerson told police he hadn’t slept in 40 ...

A pilot riding in the extra seat in the cockpit of a passenger jet tried to shut down the engines in midflight and had to be subdued by the two pilots Sunday, according to Alaska Airlines and ...

What could have been a major disaster in the air was averted Sunday. Alaska Airlines Flight 2059 had to make an emergency landing in Portland Sunday evening after an off-duty Alaska Airlines pilot ...

PORTLAND, Ore. — A former Alaska Airlines pilot who tried to cut the engines of a passenger flight in 2023 while riding off-duty in the cockpit will serve no prison time, a federal judge ruled Monday, ...

A former Alaska Airlines pilot who attempted to disable the engines of a 2023 passenger flight while riding off duty in the cockpit — after taking psychedelic mushrooms — pleaded guilty or no contest ...

A former Alaska Airlines pilot pleaded guilty in federal court on Friday for trying to shut down the engines of a passenger plane in midair from a cockpit jump seat, prompting an in-flight emergency.

A former Alaska Airlines pilot who admitted to trying to cut the engines of a passenger flight in 2023 is set to learn his federal sentence Monday, nearly 14 months after the alarming incident forced ...

Joseph Emerson, an Alaska Airlines pilot, was released without prison time after attempting to cut a flight's engines midair in 2023. Emerson reached a plea deal earlier this year and was sentenced to ...