A former Delta co-pilot was charged earlier this month after allegedly threatening to shoot the captain of a commercial flight “multiple times” if he diverted a flight due to a passenger’s medical emergency.
Jonathan Dunn was indicted Oct. 18 by a grand jury in Utah on one count of interfering with a flight crew, stemming from an incident that happened more than a year earlier, according to court documents obtained by CBS News.
During the Aug. 22, 2022 flight, Dunn and the captain had a “disagreement” over whether to divert the flight “due to a passenger medical event,” the Department of Transportation inspector general’s office said.
Dunn then allegedly “told the captain they would be shot multiple times” if the flight was diverted, the inspector general said.
It is not clear how that happened.
Dunn is authorized to carry a handgun as part of the Transportation Security Administration’s Federal Flight Deck Officer program, which gives him a TSA-issued weapon to defend flights against any hijacking attempts.
A former Delta co-pilot was charged federally earlier this month after allegedly threatening to shoot the captain of a commercial flight.Getty Images
The indictment, obtained by CBS, alleges that Dunn “assaulted and intimidated an aircrew member…and did use a dangerous weapon in assaulting and intimidating an aircrew member.”
“TSA is aware of an incident involving a Federal Flight Deck Officer,” a spokesperson for the agency told the outlet.
Although Dunn has been removed from the Federal Flight Deck Officer program, the agency could not comment further because of the ongoing investigation.
The co-pilot involved is no longer employed by Delta. Getty Images
Dunn also no longer works at Delta.
He is scheduled to be arraigned on Nov. 16.
The inspector general’s office said it received assistance from the FBI and the Federal Aviation Administration in its investigation into the incident.
News of the incident came as an off-duty Alaska Airlines pilot attempted to shut down the plane’s engine mid-flight last week.
The pilot, Joseph Emerson, was charged with 83 counts of attempted murder.
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