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A former Alaska Airlines pilot endangered the lives of 83 passengers last October, pulling two levers that could have stopped the plane’s engines mid-flight.
It is a gesture that can be disastrous. Last March, an Alaska Airlines pilot suddenly pulled two large red levers in the cockpit, which could have shut down the engines at an altitude of 30,000 feet. His colleagues reacted immediately, allowing the plane to continue flying without disturbance. Once outside the cockpit, Joseph Emerson tried to operate another lever, that of the cabin, but a flight attendant stopped him and held his hand. Minutes later, the plane made an emergency landing in Portland, killing 83 passengers.
To explain these madnesses, says Joseph Emerson ABC had consumed hallucinogenic mushrooms two days before the flight, on October 20. The man had gone on a weekend with friends to pay tribute to his best friend, Scott, also a pilot, who died six years ago. Although this drug causes hallucinations whose effects generally last a few hours, it was only two days after the flight that Joseph Emerson claimed to have regained his senses.
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On the plane, he explained that he was scared, thinking that he would be trapped in the plane. “forever” and that he will not be able to return home. “There were two red handles in front of my eyes. And I feel that I will wake up, thinking that this is my way out of this unreal reality, I reach out and grab them and pull the levers. “he said. Joseph Emerson would like “to be able to change these 30 seconds”which he described as “The worst mistake of your life”.
On an emergency landing in Portland, the former pilot was taken into police custody and was held in jail for 45 days, then released on bail. Today, Joseph Emerson faces 83 charges of attempted murder, or one count for each plot. Legal proceedings are still ongoing. Ten months after this incident, he entered treatment and focused on his mental health with his wife.
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