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Former Alaska pilot who tried to cut plane’s engines over Oregon avoids federal prison
Former Alaska pilot who tried to cut plane’s engines over Oregon avoids federal prison
Former Alaska pilot who tried to cut plane’s engines over Oregon avoids federal prison

Published on: 11/17/2025

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Joseph David Emerson, right, was sentenced Monday in federal court for time served for interfering with a flight crew in 2023 when he moved to cut the engines of a passenger jet over Oregon. He was catching a ride home in the jump seat of the cockpit of the Horizon Air flight and said he was on hallucinogenic mushrooms.

A federal judge on Monday spared former Alaska Airlines pilot Joseph D. Emerson from prison time, saying the swift loss of his career for nearly cutting off a plane’s engines while flying off-duty was sufficient punishment despite his “shockingly bad decisions.”

News Source : https://www.oregonlive.com/crime/2025/11/former-alaska-pilot-who-tried-to-cut-planes-engines-over-oregon-avoids-federal-prison.html

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