Wife of crazed pilot Joseph Emerson says he ‘never would have knowingly’ hurt anyone

The wife of the off-duty Alaska Airlines pilot accused of trying to crash a plane after taking magic mushrooms has insisted he “never would have knowingly” tried to harm anyone on the flight. Sarah Stretch supported her husband, Joseph Emerson, 44, on Thursday for his first appearance in federal court in Portland, Oregon, where he pleaded not guilty and waived his right to a preliminary hearing,