Pilot Who Tried to Shut Down Engines Mid-Flight Blames Psychedelics'--But Could It Be Something Else?
This should be investigated--but it won't be.
Can drug tests pick up magic mushrooms? Asking for a friendly flyer.
But a second question needs asking—Can new onset psychosis occur after mRNA based Covid-19 vaccine administration?
I want to know the answer to these questions now that three pilots doing their jobs became news items thanks mainly to one of the pilot’s having a psychotic breakdown mid-flight.
You see, Horizon Airlines Flight 2059 was cruising from Washington state to California on Sunday, and things started out looking pretty normal.
This flight even had THREE pilots in the cockpit—which sounds like a blessing, but it was a nightmare.
That’s because the third, off-duty pilot suddenly jumped out of his seat and tried to shut down the operation of the engines.
44-year-old Joseph D. Emerson seemed like a typical coworker to the other two pilots. In the early stages of the flight, Emerson chatted with the two pilots while he sat in the third seat, often filled by off-duty pilots returning home. He made small talk on the weather and his career with Alaska Airlines, according to the two other unnamed pilots.
Imagine their shock when Emerson suddenly disrupted the peaceful silence while cruising at 30K feet by throwing his headset across the cockpit and screaming, “I’m not OK!”
Next thing they knew, Emerson was grabbing the fire handles that shut off the fuel to the engine, according to court documents. Of course, the two pilots didn’t just sit there—they jumped on Emerson, subdued him, and then declared an “emergency in flight,” which must include either pushing a button or radioing in the distress call.
The pilots then asked Emerson to leave the cockpit. He walked peacefully to the back of the aircraft and told a flight attendant he had been “kicked out of the flight deck.”
Then he said, “You need to cuff me right now, or it’s going to be bad.”
Can you imagine the look on the flight attendant’s face? How terrifying.
Multiple flight attendants were able to sit him down in the back and place handcuffs on his wrists. Somehow, while the plane made an emergency landing in Portland, Emerson was still able to grab the handle of an emergency door exit—but the flight attendants were able to stop him.
Finally, the ordeal was over once the plane landed in Portland, where Emerson was arrested.
During an interview with officers, documents state that Emerson believed he was having a “nervous breakdown” and that he had not slept in 40 hours. He also admitted to feeling dehydrated and tired. During his interview with police, Emerson admitted to trying to pull the emergency shutoff handles.
“I didn’t feel OK,” he reportedly said. “It seemed like the pilots weren’t paying attention to what was going on. They didn’t … it didn’t seem right.”
He also told officers he pulled the handles because he “thought he was dreaming” and wanted to wake up. He denied taking any medications but said he became depressed six months ago.
It was not immediately clear from the court document if Emerson was high on mushrooms when he was on the plane, but an FBI agent wrote in the probable cause affidavit that the pilot spoke with police about the use of psychedelic mushrooms and “said it was his first-time taking mushrooms.”
When asked whether Emerson took psychedelic mushrooms right before the flight, Kevin Sonoff, the spokesperson for the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Oregon, said that was still under investigation.
At the Port of Portland police department, Emerson said he would waive his right to an attorney. “I’m admitting to what I did,” he said according to documents. “I’m not fighting any charges you want to bring against me, guys.”
A criminal complaint from the U.S. Attorney’s Office District of Oregon states Emerson has been charged in federal court with one count of interfering with flight crew members and attendants.
Emerson was to remain in state custody pending an initial appearance in U.S. District Court in Portland, the U.S. attorney’s office said in a news release. (source)
I don’t know…he did get an attorney and will likely be released soon.
Don’t be surprised if this guy proves he had mental illness and one day pilots a commercial airline again.
That’s the way things work these days.
Emerson should be tested to see if his psychotic break is related to his Covid inoculation status. He has to be jabbed at least three times by now as a commercial pilot, right?
I bring this up for a good reason: lo and behold, check this out:
Science!
Studies show this can be a thing in a small number of people.
And we know how heavily mandated the airline industry was with the CVD jabs in 2021.
Is that what happened to Emerson? Or was it magic mushrooms?
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Good reporting on a bizarre situation that was largely ignored except in the most superficial manner by mainstream media. That's why I think you're on to something here.
"In the early stages of the flight, Emerson chatted with the two pilots while he sat in the third seat, often filled by off-duty pilots returning home. He made small talk on the weather and his career with Alaska Airlines, according to the two other unnamed pilots."
It can take 30 to 100 minutes for psilocybin mushrooms to take effect and he was a novice user. He might have taken them before he embarked and they had not taken effect when he was making small talk. In the early days of LSD it was not unheard of for pilots to be tripping on acid while flying. It's probably not ideal but it happened. The more experienced pilots and more experienced users probably posed the lowest risk. Novice users and those predisposed to psychosis would probably be most likely to have problems.
Timothy Leary proposed to the US senate that a licensing system be introduced for use of cannabis and psychedelics. He proposed that a licence to use cannabis be made about as difficult to get as a licence to drive a car and that a licence to use psychedelics be made about as difficult to get as a pilot's licence.
It will probably turn out that the Alaskan Airlines pilot was tripping.
Is there a link between mRNA vaccination and psychosis? Several case reports in the literature suggest that there is.
This definitely requires further investigation.
Well done for writing a good and useful stack.