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An Off-Duty Alaska Airlines Pilot is Charged With Attempted Murder After Trying to Shut Off Plane Engines Midflight

An off-duty Alaska Airlines pilot has been charged with over 80 counts of attempted murder after he allegedly tried to shut off a plane’s engines midflight Sunday, causing the flight to divert to Portland, Oregon.

Flight 2059, operated by Alaska Airlines subsidiary Horizon Air, took off from Everett, Washington, and was bound for San Francisco, Alaska Airlines said in a statement. It was diverted because of a “credible security” threat linked to a person in the cockpit’s flight deck jump seat.

“The jump seat occupant unsuccessfully attempted to disrupt the operation of the engines,” the airline said. “The Horizon Captain and First Officer quickly responded, engine power was not lost and the crew secured the aircraft without incident.”

Read the source article at NBC News

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