A pilot has been indicted for allegedly threatening to shoot the captain if the flight was diverted

Published October 31, 2023 3:53 PM

By DAVID KOENIG
AP Airlines Writer

Authorities say a co-pilot threatened to shoot the captain if the plane was diverted to take care of a passenger who needed medical attention. The inspector general’s office of the Transportation Department said Tuesday that the co-pilot was authorized to carry a gun in the cockpit. Court records show that a grand jury in Utah issued an indictment Oct. 18 against Jonathan J. Dunn over an incident that happened in August of last year. The two-page indictment says only that Dunn used a dangerous weapon in assaulting and intimidating a crew member. Dunn is charged with interference with a flight crew, a felony.

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