Off-duty Alaska Airlines pilot arrested over attempt to ‘shut the engines down’ on commercial flight

Horizon Air Embraer 175

Source: Alaska Air Group

An off-duty Alaska Airlines pilot was the person who attempted to shut off an Embraer 175’s engines during a 22 October flight, and authorities have seemingly charged that person with 83 counts of attempted murder.

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