{"id":113198,"date":"2023-11-11T16:59:12","date_gmt":"2023-11-11T16:59:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2023\/11\/11\/shroom-pilot-opens-up-about-insane-near-death-flight\/"},"modified":"2023-11-11T16:59:13","modified_gmt":"2023-11-11T16:59:13","slug":"shroom-pilot-opens-up-about-insane-near-death-flight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2023\/11\/11\/shroom-pilot-opens-up-about-insane-near-death-flight\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Shroom&#8217; Pilot Opens Up About Insane Near Death Flight"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<section id=\"cb-1e8a6fb1c588fb1d53153432c5dd3dbc\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-image-block canvas-image-block-permalink canvas-image-block--default  canvas-block-is-first \">\n<div class=\"image-block\">\n                  <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20231111_cfaa663a39ab4d308c8129060b4b41f5\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:76db140e-ef6a-404f-b074-505845d048f7\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"img-wrapper\">\n<p>                        <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/cf\/4by3\/2023\/11\/11\/cfaa663a39ab4d308c8129060b4b41f5_md.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"\"\/>\n                <\/div>\n<p>                  <\/a>\n      <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-1e8a6fb1c588fb1d53153432c5dd3dbc--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-236c0e38551d9d7f349b622e9e52ae0a\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>The industrial airline pilot charged with almost killing dozens of passengers is talking out for first time, believing he might have snapped out of his terrifying hallucinogenic state if he destroyed the airplane.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-236c0e38551d9d7f349b622e9e52ae0a--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-3ab60a483217dfe7d5915c24d38c3b29\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p><strong>Joseph Emerson<\/strong> was interviewed Friday by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2023\/11\/10\/us\/alaska-airlines-pilot-joseph-emerson-mushrooms.html\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>New York Times<\/strong><\/a> in Portland&#8217;s Multnomah County Jail, telling a reporter, \u201cI believed it might cease each engines, the airplane would begin to head in the direction of a crash, and I might get up.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-3ab60a483217dfe7d5915c24d38c3b29--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-d1e693bb3ca7412b5b158775850d20b2\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-video-block canvas-video-block-permalink canvas-video-block--default  \">\n<div class=\"video-block\">\n<div class=\"ratio ratio-16x9\">\n<div id=\"video-player-72bea9cd-5dd9-4352-a9d1-8cbf81461324-115436828-image-holder\" class=\"ratio ratio-item video-block__image-holder\">\n          <button class=\"ratio-item icon-video--shadow video-block__icon\" id=\"video-player-72bea9cd-5dd9-4352-a9d1-8cbf81461324-115436828-play-btn\"><br \/>\n            <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Play video content material<\/span><br \/>\n          <\/button><br \/>\n                                        <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"728\" height=\"410\" class=\"img-fluid\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/f4\/16by9\/2023\/11\/11\/f4e7d38f0a164eaf8c080ed1580b2f4a_md.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>\n                  <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>                    <span class=\"media-credit video-block__media-credit\">FlightConscious\/LiveATC<\/span>\n          <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-d1e693bb3ca7412b5b158775850d20b2--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-403351beffbf1c8d99c5aef86d077596\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>Emerson was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2023\/10\/23\/alaska-airlines-pilot-charged-with-attempted-murder\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>arrested<\/strong><\/a> for the weird October 22 incident aboard a flight from Washington state to San Francisco. He was charged with 83 counts of tried homicide &#8212; one for every passenger &#8212; and is at present being held with out bond.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-403351beffbf1c8d99c5aef86d077596--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-db68dc6771ba378fc767f5e352620085\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>He advised The Times his nightmare started two days earlier when he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2023\/10\/24\/alaska-airlines-pilot-nervous-breakdown-mushrooms-sleep-plane\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>consumed magic mushrooms<\/strong><\/a> with pals whereas reminiscing about one other buddy who had handed away in 2018.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-db68dc6771ba378fc767f5e352620085--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-537e49c5112880ecbe8ac3b78f0d063c\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-image-block canvas-image-block-permalink canvas-image-block--default  \">\n<div class=\"image-block\">\n                  <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20231111_cc710099ab6448f0837fdda0469a6810\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:76db140e-ef6a-404f-b074-505845d048f7\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"img-wrapper\">\n<p>                        <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/cc\/4by3\/2023\/11\/11\/cc710099ab6448f0837fdda0469a6810_md.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"\"\/>\n                <\/div>\n<p>                  <\/a>\n      <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-537e49c5112880ecbe8ac3b78f0d063c--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-c3b1aaca1d847db136f8560ed72e94fc\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>He stated the demise had a traumatic influence on his life, falling right into a deep funk and in search of out therapists to deal with the loss.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-c3b1aaca1d847db136f8560ed72e94fc--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-0db85788d239491280f526bae40859bc\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>Fast ahead to Oct. 22. Emerson stated he was persevering with to self-medicate and ingest the &#8216;shrooms together with his pals, who he thought had been mocking him and scheming to hurt him.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-0db85788d239491280f526bae40859bc--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-dca350b527c2af2df2d6a7fb3bc255df\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>He stated emotions of worry and dread washed over him on his strategy to the airport, boarding the one-hour flight to San Francisco as a passenger &#8212; not a pilot &#8212; since he was off obligation on the time.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-dca350b527c2af2df2d6a7fb3bc255df--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-f52b51ccd0e85f184deeb4512b9079b8\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-image-block canvas-image-block-permalink canvas-image-block--default  \">\n<div class=\"image-block\">\n                  <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20231023_c8b1de642f1c42988b22b8b42ba4583b\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:76db140e-ef6a-404f-b074-505845d048f7\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"img-wrapper\">\n<p>                        <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/c8\/4by3\/2023\/10\/23\/c8b1de642f1c42988b22b8b42ba4583b_md.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Joseph Emerson\"\/>\n                <\/div>\n<p>                                  <\/a>\n      <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-f52b51ccd0e85f184deeb4512b9079b8--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-0419fb0df8d2ed71f315ddb7c800995b\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>Before the doorways closed on the airplane, Emerson stated he texted a pal, claiming he was having a panic assault.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-0419fb0df8d2ed71f315ddb7c800995b--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-376e044b644930fb3e1ac259bf8423e2\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>After the flight took off, Emerson stated he went fully nuts, screaming, &#8220;I&#8217;m not OK,&#8221; earlier than activating the airplane&#8217;s two fire-suppression handles.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-376e044b644930fb3e1ac259bf8423e2--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-be821d2e173264fa9584ff4c8ee8c289\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-article-block canvas-article-block-permalink canvas-article-block--default  \">\n<article class=\"article-block js-track-link\">\n      <a class=\"article-block__link js-track-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2023\/10\/24\/alaska-airlines-pilot-went-overboard-airplane-takeover-audio-reveals\/\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:article:311e3057-df98-4383-ac1c-7c5afaaec520\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:76db140e-ef6a-404f-b074-505845d048f7\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;article-block&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;article&quot;}\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"article-block__card-img\">\n<div class=\"ratio article-block__ratio\">\n<div class=\"ratio-item\">\n                <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"125\" height=\"125\" class=\"img-fluid article-block__img-fluid\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/99\/1by1\/2023\/10\/24\/99ce870b0b4d42dab2d5b4ad6da831fa_xxs.png\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Alaska Airlines Audio, Pilot Went 'Little Overboard' in Attempt to Take Down Plane\"\/>\n              <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><h4 class=\"article-block__card-title \">\n            Alaska Airlines Audio, Pilot Went &#8216;Little Overboard&#8217; in Attempt to Take Down Plane<br \/>\n          <\/h4>\n<\/p>\n<p>      <\/a><br \/>\n    <\/article>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-be821d2e173264fa9584ff4c8ee8c289--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-5d907c40a92f42eef3f880d54ecaae75\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>According to a police report, the pilots flying the airplane grabbed Emerson&#8217;s wrists and ripped him away from the management panel so he could not lower the gasoline provide or shut down the engines.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-5d907c40a92f42eef3f880d54ecaae75--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-23e6b04be3f520154b691134b8a397f1\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>The report says Emerson then yelled, \u201cYou must cuff me proper now, or it\u2019s going to be dangerous!&#8221; He additionally allegedly guzzled espresso from a pot, tried to open the emergency door and demanded to know if all this was actual.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-23e6b04be3f520154b691134b8a397f1--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-9237474a7c8a18b3015955660c9d514f\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-image-block canvas-image-block-permalink canvas-image-block--default  \">\n<div class=\"image-block\">\n                  <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20231024_09dac62ce83c48068d02b36d484f7167\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:76db140e-ef6a-404f-b074-505845d048f7\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"img-wrapper\">\n<p>                        <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/09\/4by3\/2023\/10\/24\/09dac62ce83c48068d02b36d484f7167_md.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"\"\/>\n                <\/div>\n<p>                                  <\/a>\n      <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-9237474a7c8a18b3015955660c9d514f--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-5733e7bd08a744682f37cf357e5dc91a\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>It definitely was as a result of Emerson was arrested after the airplane made an emergency touchdown. To prime all the things off, Emerson allegedly took off his garments, tried to dive out a window, peed on himself and masturbated.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-5733e7bd08a744682f37cf357e5dc91a--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-02654710d020e0c868ab1add605f6203\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  canvas-block-is-last \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>Emerson advised The Times, \u201cI&#8217;m horrified that these actions put myself in danger and others in danger.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-02654710d020e0c868ab1add605f6203--><\/p><\/div>\n<p>[ad_2]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] The industrial airline pilot charged with almost killing dozens of passengers is talking out for first time, believing he might have snapped out of his terrifying hallucinogenic state if he destroyed the airplane. Joseph Emerson was interviewed Friday by the New York Times in Portland&#8217;s Multnomah County Jail, telling a reporter, \u201cI believed it [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":113200,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-113198","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-entertainment"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/113198","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=113198"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/113198\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/113200"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=113198"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=113198"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=113198"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}