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An off-duty pilot who tried to shut down a plane's engines in flight in the
United States on Sunday told police he was having a nervous breakdown. The man
had eaten psychedelic mushrooms two days earlier and had not slept for 40
hours, he said. He has been charged with 83 counts of attempted murder, given
the number of occupants who could have been victims of a crash.
 
The incident occurred on a flight from Everett, Washington State to San
Francisco, California. The man, who was flying as a passenger in the cockpit,
tried "to disrupt the operation of the engines without success," Alaska
Airlines said. There was a "credible security threat". However, the pilot and
co-pilot responded quickly. The engines never shut down and the flight was
safely diverted to Portland, Oregon.
 
The pilot was taken into custody at the airport. He had recently been
medically examined and cleared to fly
 
Editor's note ... It reminds us of Egyptair 990 and Germanwings 9525 where
pilots commited suicide by crashing their aircraft and taking everyone with
them...

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