Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. STORY: Court documents say an off-duty pilot who’d tried to cut the engine power of an Air Alaska jet mid-flight over the weekend ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. An off-duty Alaska Airlines pilot told investigators he took what's known as "magic mushrooms" about 48 hours before a flight ...

The off-duty Alaska Airlines pilot accused of trying to shut down the engines of an airborne plane last month after taking magic mushrooms thought he was dreaming and had questioned if he was in hell, ...

An off-duty Alaska Airlines pilot told investigators he took what's known as "magic mushrooms" about 48 hours before a flight during which he allegedly attempted to shut down the plane's engine. The ...

Joseph Emerson, an off-duty pilot, claimed psychedelic mushrooms led him to attempt engine shutdown on an Alaska Airlines flight. Emerson, grappling with mental distress following a friend's death, ...

of an Alaska Airlines jet in flight told police afterwards he was suffering a nervous breakdown, had taken psychedelic mushrooms two days earlier and had not slept in 40 hours, court documents showed ...

The off-duty Alaska Airlines pilot accused of attempting to disable a plane’s engines mid-flight told investigators he believed he was dreaming and had taken “magic mushrooms” 48 hours before the ...

Alaska Airlines is "deeply disturbed" to hear claims a pilot was on magic mushrooms when "he tried to shut off the plane's engines", it said in a statement. Joseph Emerson, 44, has pleaded not guilty ...

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