Joe Emerson had been struggling over the death of his best friend, Scott, a pilot who died while on a run six years earlier. Emerson had been away for the weekend with friends, celebrating and remembering Scott.
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On Friday night, the group took psychedelic mushrooms – a drug that can make you hallucinate and typically has effects that last a few hours. Emerson said that for him, the physical side effects lasted days, and the consequences a lifetime.
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“There are two red handles in front of my face,” Emerson recalled. “And thinking that I was going to wake up, thinking this is my way to get out of this non-real reality, I reached up and I grabbed them, and I pulled the levers.”
I love shrooms. They don’t last for days. That motherfucker just fucked up on the job. Probably due to lack of sleep from all that partying. That whole “inception” nonsense is a liiieeeee
IIRC they also said he’d stayed up for something like 48 hours straight before the flight. Mushrooms aren’t the type of drug where you can just take more to keep things going. Your body needs like a week to recover before they really work again.
Yeah, he kept the party going for sure. Good lord, I absolutely hate being on an airplane sober, but I have never thought “damn, if I was only hallucinating on psilocybin, this would be more pleasant.”
He was getting a free flight from his airline because he was a pilot.
Think it was a cargo plane so he was one of the only passengers. He freaked out, entered the cabin, and started trying to crash the plane. The actual pilots had to hit him with a wrench or something I think to stop him.
And he took them like 12 hours before the flight, this was at the “this is a dream I have to wake up” stage.
At least. That’s what I remember from one this happened, it’s been a minute
He was getting a free flight from his airline because he was a pilot.
Think it was a cargo plane so he was one of the only passengers. He freaked out, entered the cabin, and started trying to crash the plane. The actual pilots had to hit him with a wrench or something I think to stop him.
This sounds like the FedEx hijacking attempt, flight 705.
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Bullshit. Buuuuuulllllshhhhhiiiiittttt
I love shrooms. They don’t last for days. That motherfucker just fucked up on the job. Probably due to lack of sleep from all that partying. That whole “inception” nonsense is a liiieeeee
He wasn’t on the job though.
He was flying home in the jump seat and reached past the pilot and copilot.
Mental health issue, not on the job performance.
Regardless. Not the fault of drugs.
They said he was on mushrooms the day it happened too
IIRC they also said he’d stayed up for something like 48 hours straight before the flight. Mushrooms aren’t the type of drug where you can just take more to keep things going. Your body needs like a week to recover before they really work again.
Yeah, he kept the party going for sure. Good lord, I absolutely hate being on an airplane sober, but I have never thought “damn, if I was only hallucinating on psilocybin, this would be more pleasant.”
Don’t do drugs, kids
Or, just maybe don’t do drugs if you know you have to fly a plane soon and are possibly struggling with depression.
He wasn’t flying the plane.
He was getting a free flight from his airline because he was a pilot.
Think it was a cargo plane so he was one of the only passengers. He freaked out, entered the cabin, and started trying to crash the plane. The actual pilots had to hit him with a wrench or something I think to stop him.And he took them like 12 hours before the flight, this was at the “this is a dream I have to wake up” stage.
At least. That’s what I remember from one this happened, it’s been a minute
That must be something else because he was charged with 83 counts of attempted murder. 1 for each passenger.
He was in a passenger jet. He had a seat in the cockpit with the actual pilot and copilot.
This sounds like the FedEx hijacking attempt, flight 705.
Yeah apparently this is more common than I thought and I’m co flating the two.
Thanks!