Pilots are not perfect. They are human,” US District Court Judge Amy Baggio said. “They are people and all people need help ...

A US pilot who tried to shut off a passenger plane's engines mid-flight will serve no additional prison time, a federal court ...

Flight crew members successfully subdued Joseph Emerson after he tried to disable the aircraft's engines, and the plane was ...

Joseph Emerson upended his life when he tried to cut fuel to a plane’s engine while riding home in a cockpit jump seat on a ...

Joseph Emerson, of Pleasant Hill, was sentenced to time served after pleading guilty or no contest to trying to cut the ...