Alaska Airlines Flight 2059

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Alaska Airlines Flight 2059 was a scheduled domestic flight operated by Horizon Air for Alaska Airlines that was traveling from Paine Field in Everett, Washington, to San Francisco International Airport on October 22, 2023, with 83 people aboard when Joseph David Emerson, an off-duty pilot deadheading in the jump seat of the cockpit, attempted to disable the plane's engines. The Embraer E175 aircraft was operating at 31,000 feet (9,400 m) when Emerson attempted to activate the emergency fire suppression systems on both engines, which would have cut the fuel supply and caused a flameout. According to court affidavits, Emerson later told investigators that he had not slept in 40 hours, had been depressed, had just suffered through the death of his best friend, and had tried psychedelic mushrooms for the first time to assuage his grief just 48 hours earlier. Believing that he "was dreaming" and wanting to awaken, he pulled both of the fire suppression system handles. The crew reset the systems...

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