Pilot who ‘tried to shut off engines mid-flight was high on magic mushrooms’ - eviltoast
Joseph Emerson, who was off-duty at the time, was restrained by Alaska Airlines cabin crew after he tried to open an emergency exit
  • Montagge@kbin.social
    451·
    1 year ago

    Thank goodness it was drugs because now we don’t have to talk about the state of healthcare in this country

    • prole@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      51·
      1 year ago

      Also glad it wasn’t guns, so conservatives don’t have to pretend for five minutes that they give a shit about the state of (mental) health care in this country.

    • AngryCommieKender@lemmy.worldEnglish
      41·
      1 year ago

      It was sleep deprivation. He took the shrooms over 48 hours previously, he may have had some sleep after the shrooms, but then stayed awake for 40 hours, and was on his way to fly another shift.