The FAA says it will investigate.
Released cockpit audio and dash cam footage help reconstruct the emergency on a 2023 flight to San Francisco when an off-duty pilot, who had taken psychedelic mushrooms two days before, tried to shut down the engines. "I was trying to wake up," he said.
Airlines around the world canceled and delayed flights heading into the weekend to fix software on a widely used commercial aircraft.
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A plane appeared to bounce after landing at the Caribbean Island airport of Sint Maarten and skidding down the runway.
The ex-Alaska Airlines pilot was sentenced in state court to 50 days in jail, with credit for time served, plus five years of probation, despite a presumption that the convictions would bring 16 to 18 months in prison. He is due to be sentenced in November in the federal case; his attorneys will recommend probation, while prosecutors will be able to argue for a sentence of up to one year in custody.