Court Documents Reveal Off-Duty Pilot Took Mushrooms Before Incident

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And an off duty Alaska Airlines pilot. You're looking at him right here, pleaded not guilty to 83 counts of attempted murder. Yesterday, he allegedly tried to shut off a plane's engines while in mid flight. According to court documents filed yesterday, Joseph Emerson says he took quote magic mushrooms 48 hours before boarding the flight and believed that he was dreaming during the incident, Emerson who was riding in the cockpit's jump seat allegedly tried to activate the plane's emergency fire suppression system which would have shut off the engines. Prosecutors also claim Emerson attempted to grab the emergency exit handle while being restrained by flight crew. Emerson is also charged with a federal account of interfering with a flight crew.