![]() ![]() Some dude stole a plane from #Seatac (Allegedly), did a loop-the-loop, ALMOST crashed into #ChambersBay, then crossed in front of our party, chased by fighter jets and subsequently crashed. We are giving those investigators our full support and cooperation,” Brad Tilden, the chief executive officer of Alaska Air Group, also says in a statement to the media outlet. “ We're working to find out everything we possibly can about what happened, working with the Federal Aviation Administration, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and the National Transportation Safety Board. ![]() According to the FBI’s Seattle office, they’re not investigating the incident as a terrorist attack, but rather as a joyride gone awfully wrong. The hijacker was pronounced dead on the scene. It houses about 20 residents but no one was in the wooded area where the plane fell into a ball of fire. It was that, and not the fact that he’d been chased by fighter jets, that made him lose control of the plane and crash on Ketron Island. He didn’t want to get life in jail, and said he was afraid the military chasing him in the fighter jets would “rough him up” if he landed where they instructed him to land.Īfter the transmission cut off, he continued to make aerial stunts that he was clearly not prepared for. They called the man “Rich.” He seemed depressed and suicidal, saying he didn’t want to land the plane because he imagined this is where this would end. According to the FAA, while the man’s flight was preparing to leave. 23 incident, during which he called 911 and the FBI. Audio recordings between the plane, an Horizon Air turboprop Q400 jet, and traffic control show the efforts made by the team on the ground to get him to land the plane. The Alaska Airlines passenger is being fined 10,500 following the Jan. Condensed ATC conversation between Rich Russell and ATC during his 1 hour flight over Seattle.Credit to AGENT 001 for the CC audio.Full 1hr 16 min audio here. “As a ground service agent, employees work directing aircraft for takeoff, gate approach and de-icing planes,” the report notes.Ī call was placed to say that an employee had taken a jet without authorization on Friday evening. The man’s identity hasn’t been made public, but CNN says that Alaska Air Group, whose jet it was, confirmed he’d been working as a ground service agent with the company. ![]()
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