In a chilling turn of events, an Alaska Airlines passenger, lurking inside the cockpit, tried to wrest control of a plane soaring from Seattle to San Francisco this past Sunday, sending shivers down the spines of everyone on board.
A horrified pilot relayed to air traffic controllers that an ominous figure in the cockpit of flight 2059 was trying to kill the aircraft’s engines mid-air. It’s known that sometimes pilots from various airlines might occupy a cockpit “jump seat” for official purposes, but this was far from ordinary.
The shadowy passenger, whose identity remains cloaked in mystery, turned out to be an off-duty pilot. He was swiftly apprehended by the relentless Port of Portland Police Department, as per an insider.
The aircraft, which had taken to the skies from Seattle Paine Field International Airport, was forced to make an emergency landing at Portland International Airport due to the palpable aura of danger that gripped the plane.
“The man who tried to doom us all by shutting down the engines has been removed from the cockpit. For now, he seems to have been neutralized, but we’re on high alert,” the pilot’s voice trembled as he communicated with Seattle-area air traffic controllers, as captured by LiveATC.net. “We need law enforcement immediately upon landing.”
In a somber statement on Monday, the airline disclosed that the crew had faced a nightmarish security threat from an authorized figure in the flight deck jump seat.
Adhering to FAA protocols and with guidance from the shaken air traffic control, the flight found refuge at Portland International Airport. The flight, under the banner of Horizon Air, a subsidiary of Alaska Airlines, is now under the watchful eyes of law enforcement.
The FAA, still reeling from the shock, confirmed their awareness of the harrowing incident and are backing the ongoing police investigation.
