"This is not my Joe," she told reporters after attending her husband Joseph Emerson's first appearance in federal court.
while riding in the cockpit jump seat said she knew her husband was struggling with depression but that she was in a state of shock over his arrest.
“He never would’ve done that. He never would’ve knowingly done any of that,” she said, her voice quivering.Joseph David Emerson fronted court after allegedly trying to cut the engines of a commercial flight. Ethan Levi, a defence attorney for Emerson, said he was not suicidal or homicidal while on board the Horizon Air flight. He added that Emerson wanted to thank the flight crew for their “timely and heroic actions".
After a brief struggle with the pilots, he left the cockpit and was placed in wrist restraints in the back of the plane, according to court documents.The plane was diverted to Portland, where it landed safely with more than 80 people on board.
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