We believe there are no passengers on board. We are aware of an incident involving an unauthorized take-off of a Horizon Air Q400. This man archived some of the conversations the man on the plane had with ATC: I just want you to whisper sweet nothings into my ear.” “Damnit Andrew, people’s lives are at stake here,” Rich says at another point. You can listen to some archived aviation audio on the incident here: It’s burned quite a bit faster than I expected.” “Yeah – I don’t know what the burnage…is like on a takeoff but yeah. “Rich, you said you had 2100 pounds of fuel left?” the controller responded. Muschelschloss ?'ver(w)irrtes' Blumenkind August 11, 2018Īudio from the SeaTac tower reported that aircraft were lined up on the tarmac and periodically captured controllers’ attempts to communicate with the man as F 15s were scrambled out of Portland.Īt one point, Rich said, “I’m down to 2100 I started at like 30-something.” Airport employee stole plane from Sea-Tac and crashed shortly after /lR1hvs6l6L

Via LIVE: SkyKING over plane crash on Ketron Island. Passengers Reported That Pilots Said Someone Stole a Plane & Audio Captured the Man’s Voice We are working back ground on him now,” the Pierce County Sheriff wrote. Acted alone he is 29 year old Pierce county residence. The man has not been named, but authorities said he was suicidal. Was doing stunts in air or lack of flying skills caused crash into Island.” The Sheriff’s Department added, “Two military F 15 chased plane but was not involved in crash” and confirmed, “No passengers on plane.” Preliminary info is that a mechanic from unknown airlines stole plane. The Pierce County Sheriff wrote on Twitter, “Stolen horizon airplane crashed into Ketron island. Maybe that will grease the gears a little bit with the higher-ups,” he said at another point. “I don’t need that much help I’ve played some video games before,” he told Air Traffic controllers trying to help him. Never really knew it, until now,” the unidentified man said at one point.Īt one point, Rich asked for help in getting the cabin depressurized, complaining he was getting lightheaded. Just a broken guy, got a few screws loose I guess. I would like to apologize to each and every one of them.

I’m going to disappoint them to hear that I did this. “I’ve got a lot of people that care about me. Facebook/YouTubeRichard Russell, AKA Rich, the man who took the Sea-Tac plane and crashed it.Īudio between the man – whose name was given as “Rich” and air traffic controllers – shows they tried to help him.

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