Newly released cockpit audio reveals chaos as off-duty pilot tried to shut off engines
NBC News·2025-12-07 00:39
Tonight, new video shows authorities escorting an offduty Alaska Airlines pilot from a passenger flight minutes after his actions led to chaos inside the cockpit. >> This audio from that 2023 flight, capturing Joseph Emerson as he tried to pull the plane's fire suppression handles, killing power. >> Hey, what's going on.>> Uh, we need to make an emergency landing. >> I'm sorry. Who is that.>> That's Horizon uh 2059. We've got a jump seat to just try to shut our engines off. We need to go uh direct to Portla ...