11/25/2023 0 Comments Seattle hijacking audio![]() ![]() ![]() Russell: “ Yeah, not quite ready to bring it down just yet. We’re just trying to find a place for you to land safely.” Oh, they’ve probably got anti-aircraft!”Ĭontroller: “No, they don’t have any of that stuff. I think I might mess something up there, too. Russell: “Oh man, those guys would rough me up if I tried landing there. You could still hear the F-15s, which were flying low.Multiple times, a controller tried to persuade Russell to land at the Air Force’s nearby McChord Field. ![]() "It was unfathomable, it was something out of a movie," he said. He then saw the two jets come back around toward him, but not the plane. He knew something was off, he said Friday night. Royal King of Mukilteo was photographing a wedding at Lake Steilacoom when he saw a low-flying plane and two F-15 fighter jets trailing it. Jay Inslee said in a statement that fighter pilots from the Air National Guard in Oregon and Washington flew alongside the plane "ready to do whatever was needed to protect us." The Federal Aviation Administration reported about 9:30 p.m. (Courtney Jensen Junka) /Zh3E4aGfSk- Fox26 News August 11, 2018Ī witness on the ground, Bryan Sichley, said he was at Chambers Bay in Tacoma and saw a plane nose dive after being chased by two fighter jets. This video was taken by a woman who lives south of the airport. #BREAKING Alaska Airlines says it is aware of an incident involving an unauthorized take-off of a Horizon Air plane from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport. Just a broken guy, got a few screws loose, I guess. I would like to apologize to each and every one of them. It's going to disappoint them to hear that I did this. But could you start a left turn please?"Īt another point, Rich said, "I've got a lot of people that care about me. "Oh, Richard," said the controller, "We're not going to worry or think about that. "This is probably jail time for life, huh?" said Rich. "Could you start a left turn and we'll take you down to the SE, please," the air-traffic controller then asked. "But holy smokes, I got to stop looking at the fuel, because it's going down quick."Ī Horizon Air Bombardier Q400 turboprop (Alaska Airlines handout / FILE) ![]() "I'm not quite ready to bring it down just yet," Rich said. "We're just trying to find a place for you to land safely." "They don't have any of that stuff," the air-traffic controller said. I think I might mess something up there too. "Oh man," Rich immediately responded, "Those guys will rough me up if I try and land there. "That's McChord" (meaning the military airfield at Joint Base Lewis-McChord). "There is the runway just off to your right side in about a mile," the controller told him. Warning: some might find the following audio disturbing. The air-traffic controller responded calmly, seeming not to want to upset Rich as the conversation continued and he tried to coax Rich into landing somewhere. He said it appeared the man who took the plane died. No injuries were reported on the ground, Pastor said, as the plane crashed and started an intense fire on the wooded, 230-acre island, which has a population of 20. "A joyride gone terribly wrong," Pierce County Sheriff Paul Pastor said during a news conference in Steilacoom, which is about 3 miles from the island. The Sheriff's Department said it was "not a terrorist incident." The plane crashed either while the man was doing stunts or because of a lack of flying skills, according to the Sheriff's Department. He said he was from Wasilla, Alaska, and lived in Sumner, Washington, and was married in 2012. Russell went by "Beebo" on social media, and on his Facebook page, which had limited public access. official briefed on the matter told The Associated Press. The official wasn't authorized to discuss the matter and spoke on the condition of anonymity. He was identified as Richard Russell, a U.S. No passengers or crew appeared to be aboard the 76-seat plane. and crashed on Ketron Island, near Steilacoom, about 90 minutes later, according to the Pierce County Sheriff's Department. The plane was taken by a 29-year-old Sumner man about 8 p.m. SEATTLE - A Horizon Air worker took off Friday night in one of the airline's Q400 turboprops at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport and crashed on an island in south Puget Sound after being coaxed by air-traffic control to try to land and trailed by two fighter jets, officials said. On Friday, an airline mechanic stole an empty Horizon Air turboprop plane, took off from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport and was chased by military jets before crashing onto Ketron, a small island in the Puget Sound, on Friday night, officials said. 11, 2018 as viewed from near Steilacoom, Wash. In this long-exposure photo, smoke and an orange glow are seen on Ketron Island in Washington state, early Saturday, Aug. ![]()
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