Off-duty pilot who tried to cut a flight’s engines midair to be sentenced in federal case

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A former Alaska Airlines pilot who tried to cut the engines of a passenger flight in 2023 while riding ...
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Cockpit window cracks mid-flight on American Airlines flight bound for DC

American Airlines flight 4435 was heading to Washington, D.C. from Chicago when passengers got the message that they'd be ...
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Cockpit Crisis: Former Alaska Airlines Pilot Avoids Further Jail Time

A former Alaska Airlines pilot, Joseph David Emerson, avoided further prison time after attempting to disable a plane's engines mid-flight. The incident intensified calls for strengthened mental ...

Pilot Makes Emergency Landing After Hearing 'Banging' On Cockpit Door

Passengers were alarmed at the sight of crew hammering on the cockpit door as the aircraft banked sharply around, not long ...
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An American Airlines flight made an emergency landing after pilots wrongly thought someone was breaking into the cockpit

An American Airlines flight returned to Omaha 20 minutes after taking off. The pilots declared an emergency after mistaking an intercom issue for a security threat. Passengers ultimately reached Los ...
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Panicked American Airlines pilots make emergency landing after they hear mystery banging on cockpit door

An American Airlines flight made an emergency landing in Nebraska shortly after takeoff after the pilots mistakenly feared someone was trying to break into the cockpit and hijack the plane when flight ...
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Pilots mistakenly thought someone was trying to breach cockpit during American Airlines flight

(The Hill) — A Los Angeles-bound flight made an emergency landing on Monday after its pilots mistakenly thought someone was trying to breach the cockpit when its flight attendants banged on the locked ...