Chilling cockpit audio and dashcam footage sheds new light on the moments former Alaska Airlines pilot Joseph Emerson attempted to bring down a commercial flight with 84 people on board by shutting down its engines in October, 2023.

“I’m not ok,” a distressed-sounding Emerson says in the audio obtained by KGW Portland.

“What’s wrong? You want to be home?” a confused member of the plane’s flight crew asks.

David Emerson was sentenced to time served and supervised release. via REUTERS

Emerson then unleashes a string of expletives, and a struggle can be heard erupting in the cockpit of the San Francisco-bound jet.

“Horizon, we need to make an emergency landing. We got a jump seater just tried to shut our engines off. We need to go direct to Portland, now.”

Emerson was off-duty and se

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