Off-duty Alaska Airlines pilot indicted on 84 charges in alleged attempt to shut down plane's engines mid-flight

Off-duty Alaska Airlines pilot indicted on 84 charges in alleged attempt to shut down plane’s engines mid-flight

An off-duty Alaska Airlines pilot who authorities said tried to shut off a passenger jet’s engines during an October flight was indicted Tuesday by a grand jury in Portland, Oregon, on seven dozen lesser state charges than the initial attempted murder counts prosecutors originally sought.  Joseph David Emerson, 44, who told authorities he was on…

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