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   An off-duty pilot who tried to shut down a plane's engines in flight in the   
   United States on Sunday told police he was having a nervous breakdown. The man   
   had eaten psychedelic mushrooms two days earlier and had not slept for 40   
   hours, he said. He has been charged with 83 counts of attempted murder, given   
   the number of occupants who could have been victims of a crash.   
       
   The incident occurred on a flight from Everett, Washington State to San   
   Francisco, California. The man, who was flying as a passenger in the cockpit,   
   tried "to disrupt the operation of the engines without success," Alaska   
   Airlines said. There was a "credible security threat". However, the pilot and   
   co-pilot responded quickly. The engines never shut down and the flight was   
   safely diverted to Portland, Oregon.   
       
   The pilot was taken into custody at the airport. He had recently been   
   medically examined and cleared to fly   
       
   Editor's note ... It reminds us of Egyptair 990 and Germanwings 9525 where   
   pilots commited suicide by crashing their aircraft and taking everyone with   
   them...   
      
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