Aug 11, 2018, 9:38 pm
Last edit by: jspira
The incident itself is covered here: Sea-Tac Horizon Air employee steals airplane, does stunts before crashing near Tacoma The errant pilot, Mr. Russell, apparently recognized he was in the midst of a crisis (From Theft of Aircraft in Seattle-Tacoma Raises Serious Security Questions): “I got a lot of people that care about me and it’s going to disappoint them to hear that I did this,” Mr. Russell said to air traffic controllers. “I would like to apologize to each and every one of them. Just a broken guy, got a few screws loose, I guess. Never really knew it until now.”
from post #10:
KSEA tower audio of the aircraft on RWY 16C: http://archive-server.liveatc.net/ks...2018-0230Z.mp3 (begins around 3:40)
from post #10:
KSEA tower audio of the aircraft on RWY 16C: http://archive-server.liveatc.net/ks...2018-0230Z.mp3 (begins around 3:40)
QX Q400 stolen by employee, crashed near SEA, no passengers onboard
Aug 10, 2018, 9:35 pm
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QX Q400 stolen by employee, crashed near SEA, no passengers onboard
Seeing a bunch of chatter on Twitter that airspace near SEA was cleared and that an AS Q400 was intercepted by two F15s. If reports are correct, I hope it's nothing serious...
Aug 10, 2018, 9:45 pm
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This is bonkers. Someone took a plane out for a joyride. Full ground stop at SEA. Listening to the ATC try to convince this guy to bring the plane back.
Aug 10, 2018, 10:01 pm
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A friend of mine on Twitter said he was on a full ground stop for an hour, and then heard the plane crashed somewhere?
Aug 10, 2018, 10:03 pm
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Just saw reports that it crashed. Not sure if it was shot down or not. Listening to the ATC feed, I heard the guy say "aw man, I think one of my engines is going out!"
Aug 10, 2018, 10:05 pm
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Tail number?
Aug 10, 2018, 10:06 pm
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Sounds like a Horizon Employee took the thing??? Unfortunately appears to have crashed...
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Aug 10, 2018, 10:10 pm
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Aug 10, 2018, 10:13 pm
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Wild video on twitter now of the guy being pursued by fighter jets...
Aug 10, 2018, 10:19 pm
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apparent photo post-impact; all credit to the instagram user who posted the pic.
Aug 10, 2018, 10:23 pm
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KSEA tower audio of the aircraft on RWY 16C: http://archive-server.liveatc.net/ks...2018-0230Z.mp3 (begins around 3:40)
another pilot reports that the aircraft came from the north cargo area.
another pilot reports that the aircraft came from the north cargo area.
Aug 10, 2018, 10:27 pm
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Alaska Airlines on Twitter: We are aware of an incident involving an unauthorized take-off of a Horizon Air Q400. We believe there are no passengers on board. More information as we learn more.
Aug 10, 2018, 10:28 pm
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Per King5 TV in Seattle AS has released a statement saying they don't believe there were any passengers on board.
MileageAddict gave the source.
MileageAddict gave the source.
Last edited by Westcoaster; Aug 10, 2018 at 10:29 pm Reason: To acknowledge prior post.
Aug 10, 2018, 10:33 pm
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Aug 10, 2018, 10:35 pm
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The story is developing, but I hope the plane crashed and was not shut down.
Aug 10, 2018, 10:39 pm
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