Alaska pilot charged with attempted murder after trying to shut down plane engines

An off-duty Alaska Airlines pilot is facing more than 80 charges of attempted murder after allegedly attempting to deactivate a plane’s engines during a midflight incident on Sunday, leading to the flight being diverted to Portland.

Flight 2059, originally departing from Everett, Washington, and headed for San Francisco, was operated by Alaska Airlines subsidiary Horizon Air.

The diversion was prompted by a “credible security” concern associated with an individual occupying the cockpit’s flight deck jump seat, NBC News reported.

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