Cockpit audio has been released after a now-former Alaska Airlines pilot tried to shut off the engine on a passenger flight ...

Joseph Emerson pleaded guilty to a federal charge of interfering with a flight crew and pleaded no contest to state charges ...

Nathan Engel – Vice President of Maintenance Operations at Alaska Airlines As Alaska's vice president of maintenance operations, Engel will manage the long-term strategy and financial performance of ...

SEATTLE, Nov. 12, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- The Alaska Air Group board of directors has elected four leaders into senior positions across Alaska Airlines and Horizon Air, Alaska's wholly-owned regional ...

Case files obtained by KGW capture the struggle in the cockpit and the moments leading to Joseph Emerson’s arrest.

A former off-duty Alaska Airlines pilot who tried to crash a San Francisco-bound flight by shutting off the engines while on a sleepless bender fueled by psychedelic mushrooms won’t serve any ...

Joseph Emerson was sentenced to time served in his federal case. A former Alaska Airlines pilot will avoid prison time for trying to shut down the engines of a passenger plane in midair from a cockpit ...

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 will not serve any prison time ...

PORTLAND — Ex-Alaska Airlines pilot Joseph Emerson was sentenced Monday to time served for trying to shut off a plane’s engine midflight. Emerson, now 46, made international headlines in 2023 for ...

PORTLAND – Relief was palpable Monday morning as a federal judge told former Alaska Airlines pilot Joseph Emerson that he wouldn’t serve any prison time for trying to shut off a plane’s engine ...

PORTLAND, Ore. — A federal judge on Monday ruled there would be no prison time for a former Alaska Airlines pilot who had taken psychedelic mushrooms days before he tried to cut the engines of a ...

A formerAlaska Airlines pilot who attempted to shut off the engines of an Alaska HorizonEmbraer jet in-flight in 2023 has been released from prison. As reported by ABC7, the pilot, who was released ...