An off-duty pilot has pleaded not guilty after he was charged with more than 160 counts of attempted murder after he allegedly tried to shut off the engines of a passenger plane flying from Everett, Washington, to San Francisco, California, on Oct. 22.
Alaska Airlines pilot Joseph D. Emerson, 44, was arrested on the same day the incident occurred, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Oregon said in a press release.
