SF News Former Alaska Airlines Pilot Accused of Trying to Bring Down Plane Freed From Jail Pending Trial As was expected following a reduction in the charges against him earlier this week, former Alaska Airlines pilot Joseph Emerson has been released from custody pending both state and federal trials in Oregon.
SF News Off-Duty Alaska Airlines Pilot Who Had Mental Health Crisis and Tried to Bring Down Flight Gives First Media Interview The pilot Joseph Emerson told the NYT in a jailhouse interview that his perception of reality blurred on the flight and he had thought he had to take drastic action to get out of the trance.
SF News Sully Coming Home Celebration This Saturday, 1/24 Captain Chesley “Sully” Sullenberger, the man who is credited with saving the lives of 155 passengers when he deftly landed U.S. Airways Flight 1549 into the Hudson River, is coming home on
SF News Sully Nixes NBC Interview Well. Looks who's got a big ego now. My word. Pilot hero Chesley Sullenberger, who saved passengers of Flight 1549 by flying in to the Hudson River and currently being hailed as the
SF News Contra Costa Pilot Hero of Flight 1549 SF Citizen has a glowing review of local pilot Chesley Sullenberger, who is being branded a hero after keeping Flight 1549 afloat long enough for all passengers to get out before it sank.