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Pilot pleads not guilty to 83 counts of attempted murder after emergency landing

https://www.kptv.com/2023/10/24/airline-pilot-who-caused-emergency-portland-landing-ingested-psychedelics-days-before-flight-court-docs-say/

Joseph Emerson told police he ingested psychedelic mushrooms 48 hours before the flight, according to court documents.

Pilot pleads not guilty to 83 counts of attempted murder after emergency landing

Alaska Airlines pilot takes shrooms and tries to pull fire handles in flight.

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hypnicjerk

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his defense is that he took shrooms 48 hours before the flight in question and was just trying to wake himself up from a bad dream?

that doesn't pass the sniff test. i'm not aware of any dosage of psilocybin that could reasonably be expected to have effects that last that long. psychedelic effects wrap up within the first 6-12 hours and although the aftereffects (the 'hangover') can have a tail of a day or two, they wouldn't explain such radical behavior.

ubermeisters

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Potatos_are_not_friends

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Because it doesn't.

He was sleep deprived.

_WC

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Really bizarre and sad. Strange dissociation - he had the clarity to warn the flight attendants he needed to be restrained or he would do it again, but also couldn't stop himself from trying the emergency exit later?

Just a strange story all around. He blames it on having taken mushrooms 48 hours prior, but that seems a stretch to have this affect. Regardless, seems like a major mental health problem.