Off-duty pilot tries to shut off engines on Alaska Airlines flight
A passenger attempted to turn off an aircraft’s engines mid-flight Sunday, diverting the Everett-to-San Francisco flight with 80 passengers and four crew members onboard to Portland, Oregon, according to ABC News.
The suspect, Joseph David Emerson, an off-duty Alaska Airlines pilot, was riding in the cockpit “jump seat” on Horizon Air Flight 2059 departing from Seattle Paine Field International Airport. He was subdued by flight crew and later arrested by the Port of Portland Police Department after the plane landed safely at Portland International Airport.
The suspect has been charged with 83 counts of attempted murder, according to officials.
Russian court extends detention of US journalist
A Russian court has ordered Russian-American journalist Alsu Kurmasheva to be held in detention until Dec. 3 for allegedly failing to register as a foreign agent, according to CNN.
Kurmasheva works for the Tatar-Bashkir service Radio Free Europe/ Radio Liberty (RFE/RL). She was detained in June in Russia while awaiting a flight home to the Czech Republic.
Kurmasheva’s arrest comes amid an intensifying crackdown on free speech under President Vladimir Putin, with Russia expanding its restrictive foreign agent laws following the invasion of Ukraine.
The date of Kurmasheva’s next appearance in court is currently unknown, but her lawyer said Kurmasheva is not guilty and will appeal.
Kurmasheva is the second U.S. journalist detained in Russia this year after Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich was arrested on a work trip in March and charged with espionage.
Iranian teenager reported ‘brain dead’ weeks after subway incident by state media
Iranian authorities said Sunday that 16-year-old Armita Geravand has been pronounced brain dead after collapsing on the Tehran subway shortly after entering with her hair uncovered earlier this month, according to The New York Times.
Geravand’s case has drawn comparisons to that of Mahsa Amini, who died in police custody last year after being accused of violating Iran’s strict dress code. Two Iranian journalists, Niloufar Hamedi and Elaheh Mohammadi, who covered the case of Amini, were sentenced Sunday to seven and six years in prison respectively on charges of “cooperating with the ‘hostile’ government of America,” the semiofficial Fars News Agency reported.
Geravand’s mysterious case has fueled accusations that enforcers of Iran’s compulsory hijab laws harmed her, though the government claimed she simply fainted from low blood sugar.
It’s still unclear what happened inside the subway, as Iran authorities have not released the camera footage from inside the subway car.
Family files wrongful death lawsuit against Panera Bread
2A wrongful death lawsuit alleges a University of Pennsylvania student with a heart condition died after drinking Panera Bread’s “charged lemonade,” which contains nearly 400 milligrams of caffeine in a large size – more than standard cans of Red Bull and Monster energy drinks combined, according to NBC News.
Sarah Katz, 21, had a heart condition called long QT syndrome type 1 and avoided energy drinks on doctor’s advice.
The lawsuit filed by Katz’s parents claims she went into cardiac arrest hours after buying a large charged lemonade, which Panera’s website shows has more caffeine than its dark roast coffee despite in-store marketing portraying similar amounts.
A Panera spokesperson said they are working to investigate this matter in a statement released Monday afternoon.
