Man charged with attempting to crash passenger jet

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A US man has been charged with 83 counts of attempted murder, after he allegedly tried to crash a passenger jet while in flight.

The man was sitting in the cockpit of an Alaska Airlines flight behind the captain and the first-officer, according to an airline statement.

A police booking document named the man as 44-year-old Joseph David Emerson.

The flight was on its way from Everett to San Francisco with 80 passengers on board.

It was diverted to Portland, Oregon and the suspect was subdued without incident, officials said.