The altercation between the co-pilot and the plane’s captain came after a disagreement over whether to divert the flight for a passenger’s medical event,...
The altercation between the co-pilot and the plane’s captain came after a disagreement over whether to divert the flight for a passenger’s medical event, court documents said.
The co-pilot on the commercial flight was authorized to carry a gun under a program run by the Transportation Security Administration, according to the Transportation Department’s inspector general’s office.A pilot has been indicted for allegedly threatening to shoot the plane’s captain if the captain diverted the flight because of a passenger who needed medical attention.
A grand jury in Utah issued the indictment against Jonathan J. Dunn on Oct. 18 over an incident that happened in August 2022, charging him with interference with a flight crew, according to federal court records.The Transportation Department’s inspector general’s office said in an email sent Tuesday that Dunn was the first officer, or co-pilot, on the flight and was authorized to carry a gun under a program run by the Transportation Security Administration.
The two-page indictment in federal district court in Utah says only that Dunn “did use a dangerous weapon in assaulting and intimidating the crew member.” It did not indicate the airline either, and the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Salt Lake City declined to comment beyond the information in the indictment.of a Horizon Air jet in midflight. He was subdued by the captain and co-pilot and arrested after the plane diverted to Portland, Oregon.Joseph David Emerson of Pleasant Hill, Calif.
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