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A former Alaska Airlines pilot and Pleasant Hill resident who tried to cut the engines to a passenger flight while off-duty and in a cockpit jumpseat has been released from custody, according to media reports out of Oregon.

Joseph Emerson must post a $50,000 bond, stay away from drugs, and not come within 30 feet of an operable aircraft as conditions of release.

Pilot Joseph Emerson can leave custody as long as he doesn't use drugs like cannabis or psilocybin mushrooms or boarding any "operable aircraft."

SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) — It’s been a long, dramatic journey home for former pilot Joseph Emerson. On Thursday, the 44-year-old Pleasant Hill man was granted freedom from custody in Oregon. A federal judge and a Multnomah County judge allowed the ex-pilot to return home to the Bay Area, KOIN reported. The judges’ rulings were made […]

A former Alaska Airlines pilot and Pleasant Hill resident who tried to cut the engines to a passenger flight while off-duty and in a cockpit jumpseat has been released from custody, according to media reports out of Oregon.

Joseph Emerson must post a $50,000 bond, stay away from drugs, and not come within 30 feet of an operable aircraft as conditions of release.

Joseph Emerson must post a $50,000 bond, stay away from drugs, and not come within 30 feet of an operable aircraft as conditions of release.

Joseph Emerson is accused of trying to bring down an Alaska Airlines flight.

East Bay pilot for Alaska Airlines indicted for endangering aircraft and other people -- but not for attempted murder.

Joseph Emerson faces 84 changes of endangering people and an aircraft.