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annw Oct 23rd, 2023 03:21 PM
Off duty pilot arrested for attempt to bring plane down (Alaska Air)
 
https://www.sfchronicle.com/crime/ar...harecount=MQ==

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/...isable-engines

janisj Oct 23rd, 2023 03:51 PM
Been following this story all day. The ATC recordings are amazing - the captain/first officer were so calm. So far the assumption is alcohol was involved. His career and life in general are over . . .

janisj Oct 23rd, 2023 04:19 PM
. . . He was dead heading Sunday down to SFO on Horizon to pilot a mainline Alaska flight Sunday night. He would have been responsible for 200+ passengers and crew - one can only imagine.

annw Oct 23rd, 2023 07:29 PM
Originally Posted by janisj (Post 17505225)
. . . He was dead heading Sunday down to SFO on Horizon to pilot a mainline Alaska flight Sunday night. He would have been responsible for 200+ passengers and crew - one can only imagine.
Mama mia! didn't read that part. Ugh!

janisj Oct 24th, 2023 01:38 PM
OMG -- apparently he was high on mushrooms!!!

annw Oct 24th, 2023 07:33 PM
Originally Posted by janisj (Post 17505408)
OMG -- apparently he was high on mushrooms!!!
WTF! Guessing his flying (in a plane) days are behind him.

Trophywife007 Oct 24th, 2023 08:27 PM
As someone mentioned earlier, life as he knew it is behind him. I'm glad they caught him before he was able to actually hurt people.

zebec Oct 29th, 2023 07:04 AM
One wonders if this was the scenario with the mysterious Malaysian flight that disappeared a few years ago. Could that pilot or one of his colleagues, have engineered that tragic disappearance?
I am done. the end


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