A pilot has been charged with threatening to shoot the captain if he diverted the plane to accommodate a passenger who needed medical attention.
A Utah grand jury on Oct. 18 indicted Jonathan J. Dunn on charges of interfering with a flight crew for an incident that occurred in August 2022, according to federal court records.
The Department of Transportation’s Office of Inspector General said in an email Tuesday that Dunn was the flight’s co-pilot, or co-pilot, and was authorized to carry a firearm under a program run by the Transportation Security Administration. said.
“After a disagreement over the possibility of redirecting the plane due to a medical emergency involving a passenger, Dunn told the captain that if the captain diverted the plane, he would be shot multiple times,” the Office of the Inspector General said. “I told him it would be the case,” he said.
The inspector general described Dunn as a pilot from California. The airline did not identify the airline where the incident occurred, only saying it was a commercial flight. The office did not disclose the flight’s planned route or whether it had changed its destination.
