QX2059 Jumpseater tries to shutdown engines
11-23-2023, 07:59 AM
#451
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An ERJ has about 76 seats. Plus a crew of 4. Plus lap children.
11-23-2023, 10:28 AM
#453
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Perhaps you should have read all the posts. Then you'd know.
12-05-2023, 03:37 PM
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Presently, Emerson has been indicted on 84 counts: 1 count of endangering an aircraft (first degree), and 83 counts of reckless endangerment. The grand jury failed to return indictments on 83 counts of attempted murder.
https://www.cnn.com/2023/12/05/us/or...ent/index.html
https://www.cnn.com/2023/12/05/us/or...ent/index.html
12-05-2023, 04:09 PM
#456
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Alaska Airlines pilot indicted for trying to turn off engines mid-flight
BY MIRANDA NAZZARO - 12/05/23 7:59 PM ETSHARE
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An Alaska Airlines 737-9 outside Boeing’s Seattle Delivery Center at Boeing Field, Tuesday, June 14, 2022, in Seattle.An off-duty Alaska Airlines pilot accused of trying to turn off the engines during a flight in October was indicted Tuesday by a grand jury in Oregon on 84 charges.
Multnomah County, Ore. District Attorney Mike Schmidt announced on Tuesday the grand jury chose to indict Joseph David Emerson, 44, on 83 counts of recklessly endangering another person and one count of endangering an aircraft in the first degree. Emerson is accused of trying to grab two handles that cut off fuel to its engines during an Oct. 22 Horizon flight.
The jury declined to indict Emerson on the 83 counts of attempted murder, which he was originally charged with when booked at Multnomah County Sheriff’s Office in October. He pleaded not guilty to the initial charges in October, according to ABC News.
Emerson’s attorneys, from LMH Legal Group, said the attempted murder charges were “never appropriate” because Emerson “never intended to hurt another person or put anyone at risk.”
“He [Emerson] just wanted to return home to his wife and children,” LMH Legal Group wrote in a statement to The Hill. “Simply put: Captain Emerson thought he was in a dream; his actions were taken in a single-minded effort to wake up from that dream and return home to his family.”
ORS 163.195
ORS 163.195
Recklessly endangering another person
(1)
A person commits the crime of recklessly endangering another person if the person recklessly engages in conduct which creates a substantial risk of serious physical injury to another person.(2)
Recklessly endangering another person is a Class A misdemeanor. [1971 c.743 §96]
12-05-2023, 04:15 PM
#457
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The grand jury saw fit not to indict on attempted murder.
Other than that, the only other indictment was for endangering an aircraft.
12-05-2023, 04:25 PM
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His legal team is going to make the case that he did one act of reckless endangerment by getting in the jumpseat while intoxicated. That he wasn't responsible for the fact that it was a full aircraft and that if in fact it hadn't been a full aircraft he would have likely been in back and he wouldn't have been endangering anyone. And to a Portland Jury, that argument might just sell.
12-05-2023, 04:43 PM
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Again, it's not a matter of pleading down. He's indicted.
An indictment only outlines what a jury believes merits a trial. He's been charged, and he's been indicated. He now faces trial. Pleading may take place at that stage, but it's not there yet
A grand jury elected to indict for half the charges brought. Whether that gets pleaded down to representative counts, remains to be seen.
An indictment only outlines what a jury believes merits a trial. He's been charged, and he's been indicated. He now faces trial. Pleading may take place at that stage, but it's not there yet
A grand jury elected to indict for half the charges brought. Whether that gets pleaded down to representative counts, remains to be seen.
12-06-2023, 12:03 AM
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Again, it's not a matter of pleading down. He's indicted.
An indictment only outlines what a jury believes merits a trial. He's been charged, and he's been indicated. He now faces trial. Pleading may take place at that stage, but it's not there yet
A grand jury elected to indict for half the charges brought. Whether that gets pleaded down to representative counts, remains to be seen.
An indictment only outlines what a jury believes merits a trial. He's been charged, and he's been indicated. He now faces trial. Pleading may take place at that stage, but it's not there yet
A grand jury elected to indict for half the charges brought. Whether that gets pleaded down to representative counts, remains to be seen.
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