Off-Duty Pilot Allegedly Tried to Kill the Engines on Alaska Airlines Flight

An off-duty pilot riding in the cockpit on an Alaska Airlines flight to San Fransisco was reportedly arrested Sunday night after he allegedly tried to shut down the plane’s two engines mid-flight.

The arrested pilot has not been identified, but Alaska Airlines confirmed that a commercial flight between Everett, Washington, and San Francisco was diverted to Portland due to a “credible security threat” from an “authorized occupant in the flight deck jump seat,” The Seattle Times reported Monday.

Off-duty pilots regularly fly for free in the jump seat, which is located in the plane’s cockpit, just behind the captain and first officer.

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