US pilot who took magic mushrooms and tried to cut engines says behavior ‘unfathomable’

Joseph Emerson charged with 83 counts of reckless endangerment over incident on flight to San Francisco

An Alaska Airlines pilot who attempted to shut off the engines of a passenger plane mid-flight after ingesting magic mushrooms said his actions were unfathomable", in some of his first public remarks after he was indicted on 83 counts of reckless endangerment.

In an interview with ABC's Good Morning America, Joseph Emerson described the events of 22 October as 30 seconds of my life that I wish I could change, and I can't".