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Offline RonR

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First Officer Pulls Gun on Captain
« on: November 05, 2023, 03:33:41 UTC »
Apparently this happened over a year ago (August 22, 2022) but it is only coming to light now.  It seems the first officer of a flight over the US pulled a gun on the captain of that flight.  The reason appears to have been a dispute involving the diversion to a different airport.  Supposedly the captain wanted to divert because of an on-board medical condition and the first officer didn't like that idea.

https://mentourpilot.com/first-officer-with-gun-threatens-captain-on-u-s-flight/

https://www.google.com/amp/s/abcnews.go.com/amp/US/former-delta-pilot-indicted-allegedly-threatening-pilot-gun/story%3fid=104542440



Offline tyketto

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Re: First Officer Pulls Gun on Captain
« Reply #1 on: November 06, 2023, 23:31:48 UTC »
Apparently this happened over a year ago (August 22, 2022) but it is only coming to light now.  It seems the first officer of a flight over the US pulled a gun on the captain of that flight.  The reason appears to have been a dispute involving the diversion to a different airport.  Supposedly the captain wanted to divert because of an on-board medical condition and the first officer didn't like that idea.

https://mentourpilot.com/first-officer-with-gun-threatens-captain-on-u-s-flight/

https://www.google.com/amp/s/abcnews.go.com/amp/US/former-delta-pilot-indicted-allegedly-threatening-pilot-gun/story%3fid=104542440

Ouch.. this happened last year, so it's safe to say that we won't have the tapes for this..

BL.

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Re: First Officer Pulls Gun on Captain
« Reply #2 on: November 07, 2023, 12:53:17 UTC »
Probably only cockpit recorder only, so I'm sure that's not gonna come out.
(maybe after the court case is done)

John

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Re: First Officer Pulls Gun on Captain
« Reply #3 on: November 07, 2023, 13:09:31 UTC »
Any ATC audio would be hard to find anyway since the only information about this flight is that it happened over the US and that it appears to have been a Delta flight.  No mention of the time it happened and where in the route it happened.  I don't think it's clear if they even diverted or not.

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Re: First Officer Pulls Gun on Captain
« Reply #4 on: November 08, 2023, 23:19:42 UTC »
Any ATC audio would be hard to find anyway since the only information about this flight is that it happened over the US and that it appears to have been a Delta flight.  No mention of the time it happened and where in the route it happened.  I don't think it's clear if they even diverted or not.

One could guess that since this is happening in a court in Utah, that they have jurisdiction.. That said, that puts a Delta flight in Utah, so one could assume KSLC from that..

BL.