Pilot who ‘tried to shut off engines mid-flight was high on magic mushrooms’
Pilot who ‘tried to shut off engines mid-flight was high on magic mushrooms’
Joseph Emerson, who was off-duty at the time, was restrained by Alaska Airlines cabin crew after he tried to open an emergency exit
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Terrible journalism. He was sleep deprived after having taken mushrooms 48hrs before, and not slept for 40hrs.
121 0 ReplyHey, gotta demonize something and sleep deprivation is boring.
61 0 ReplyMore road accidents happen due to sleep deprivation than alcohol, so this tracks. But we can't have war on sleep deprivation, can we?
17 0 ReplyHoly shit, how much did he take? I can do grams from sundown to sun up and all I want to do after that is go to bed.
4 0 ReplySure, you want to go to bed but can you really sleep? The first few times I couldn't sleep at all and had to usually wait until the following evening. I am used to it now, so sleep isn't a huge issue like it once was.
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