A pilot accused of attempting to shut down the engines of a plane mid-flight is due in court today facing 83 counts of attempted murder. Joseph Emerson, 44, an off-duty pilot for Airlines, was sitting in the jump seat in the cockpit of an Alaska-affiliate carrier from Everett, Washington, to San Francisco on Sunday when he allegedly tried to take control of the aircraft and .Within seconds the captain and his first officer had restrained their colleague and removed him from the cockpit - saving the plane and all 84 people on board.
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