An Oregon grand jury has indicted an off-duty Alaska Airlines pilot with 84 counts after he allegedly tried to shut off a plane’s engines mid-flight in October, but they decided not to pursue attempted murder charges.
Pilot Joseph D. Emerson, 44, was charged with one count of endangering an aircraft and 83 counts of recklessly endangering another person, Multnomah County District Attorney Mike Schmidt said on Dec. 5.
