2018 Horizon Air Q400 incident
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A Q400 used in the incident pictured in 2015
On August 10, 2018, a Horizon Air Bombardier Dash 8 Q400 was stolen from Seattle–Tacoma International Airport ("Sea–Tac") in SeaTac, Washington.
The man responsible was 29-year-old Richard Russell. He was a Horizon Air ground service operator with no piloting experience.[1]
Russell performed an unauthorized takeoff and flew southward as F-15 fighter jets were scrambled to take down the plane. Sea–Tac air traffic control made radio contact with Russell. He was killed when the plane crashed on sparsely populated Ketron Island in Puget Sound.[2]
2018 Horizon Air Q400 Incident Media
Chart of the far northern end of Seattle–Tacoma International, showing the location of Cargo 1 and runway 16C
Conversation between Russel and ATC
Ketron Island crash site in 2024
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References
- ↑ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Utilities at line 38: bad argument #1 to 'ipairs' (table expected, got nil).
- ↑ Seattle: stolen plane crashes after rogue take-off from Sea-Tac airport. August 11, 2018. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/aug/11/seatac-airport-seattle-plane-takes-off-without-permission.
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