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Alaska Airlines sued over attempt by off-duty pilot to shut down engines
Three passengers who were aboard an Alaska Airlines jet when an off-duty pilot riding in the cockpit "jump seat" allegedly tried to disable the plane's engines sued the Seattle-based carrier...
Here's what magic mushrooms do to your brain — it's absolutely wild, and potentially dangerous
This is your brain on psilocybin.
Wife of crazed pilot who tried to crash plane speaks out after 83 attempted murder charges
“This is not my Joe, this is not any Joe that anybody knows," Sarah Stretch said of her pilot husband whose charges include 83 counts of attempted murder.
Crazed pilot who allegedly attempted to crash jet was safety officer at his flying club
Joseph Emerson was the safety officer at the NRI Flying Club for two years, where friends said he was known as a "consummate professional"
Hero ex-fighter pilot dad dies by electrocution saving sons from faulty water fountain
The Iraq War veteran died at the hospital without ever regaining consciousness.
Crazed pilot said he took magic mushrooms before trying to down flight: feds
Joseph Emerson, 44, an off-duty commercial airline pilot, went off the rails while sitting in the cockpit jump seat of a flight between Everett, Washington, and San Francisco on Sunday...
Audio captures airline crew sounding alarm about crazed off-duty pilot who tried to turn off engines mid-flight
Air-traffic control audio from the Alaska Airlines flight on which an off-duty pilot tried to shut down the engines reveals that the “level 4” incident was quickly brought under control...
Alaska Airlines pilot who was restrained after trying to shut off engines mid-flight had a 'mental breakdown': passenger
Joseph David Emerson, 44, allegedly tried to cut off the flow of gasoline to an airliner carrying 80 people while riding jump seat on a flight to San Francisco.
Off-duty Alaska Airlines pilot hit with 83 counts of attempted murder after allegedly trying to turn off engines mid-flight
Joseph David Emerson, 44, tried to activate the jet’s fire-suppression system midflight while he was sitting in the cockpit — a near-catastrophic maneuver that left the aviator facing 83 counts...
Alleged Ukrainian plot to kill 77 Russian pilots with poisoned cake and whiskey foiled
The tainted cake and Jameson Irish Whiskey were allegedly delivered by a Ukrainian courier.
Senior pilot accused of stalking woman with plane calls alleged victim ‘crazy'
“I don’t know her, she’s crazy,” Michael Arnold, 65, said of the woman claiming the hobbyist pilot has circled her home from above and sexted her racy pictures.
Air Canada grounds pilot behind antisemitic social media posts: 'Burn in hell'
Air Canada First Officer Mostafa Ezzo was placed on the airline's no-fly list -- as a pilot or a passenger -- following a series of disturbing pro-Palestine posts he shared...
Elite pilots prepare for ‘camping out in the sky’ as they compete in prestigious ballooning race
A solar panel, Cheez-Its and a GPS unit will also take up space as the accomplished Albuquerque ballooning pilots compete to travel the farthest distance in one of the world’s...
NYC community board refuses to name street for Miracle on the Hudson pilot
“He did not land it on West 50th Street,” a Manhattan Community Board 4 member said in turning down a bid to rename the street for Captain Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger...
Harrowing video shows diving plane before crash that killed student pilot, 20, instructor, 22
The two people who were killed when a small plane crashed into an Oregon home have been identified as a 20-year-old student pilot and his 22-year-old instructor.
Tinder dates, hot tub hook-ups and wild drinking: Secrets of the partying pilots
Wheels down, rings off — and bottoms up. For some air crew what goes on tour stays on tour.
United Airlines pilots flying high after accepting new $10B labor deal
The Air Line Pilots Association said Friday that 82% of pilots who took part in the voting favored the agreement.
Married British Airways pilot snorted coke off topless woman's chest before trying to fly: 'I've been a very naughty boy'
“I’ve been a very naughty boy,” the pilot told the woman.
'We got a pilot in our house': Bizarre 911 call released in F-35 crash
The pilot of the ditched F-35 fighter jet said on a 911 call that he had parachuted 2,000 feet.
Wingsuit skydiver was decapitated by plane's wing 20 seconds into jump: trial
The pilot of the plane that beheaded Nicolas Galy is on trial for manslaughter.