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.
"We're going to need a stretcher, and there is bleeding as well. SkyWest 5971," a pilot said.
A Breeze Airways flight diverted to an airport in Colorado after an unruly passenger got into an altercation, according to the airline and local authorities.
"Engine failure, left engine, United 108 declaring an emergency. Mayday, mayday, mayday," the pilot said, according to recorded air traffic control audio.
Twenty-five people aboard a Delta Air Lines flight were hospitalized after the flight encountered significant turbulence, the airline said.