Pilot Indicted for Allegedly Threatening to Shoot Captain If Flight Was Diverted

He is the same pilot who sued the Pentagon to prevent the Air Force from disciplining him for refusing to receive a mandatory COVID-19 vaccination.
Pilot Indicted for Allegedly Threatening to Shoot Captain If Flight Was Diverted
A Delta Air Lines plane takes off from Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport in Atlanta on Nov. 22, 2022. Brynn Anderson/AP Photo
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A pilot accused of threatening to shoot a commercial airline captain if they diverted their flight to give a passenger medical attention is an Air Force Reserve lieutenant colonel who was relieved of command for refusing the COVID-19 vaccine.

A grand jury in Utah issued the indictment against Jonathan J. Dunn last month over an incident that happened in August 2022, charging him with interference with a flight crew, according to federal court records.