Reports of a stolen plane halt air travel at Seattle airport

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

Source: Twitter

Apparently a stolen plane has slowed down traffic at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport.

Developing.

Read more: Link to source

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

1. Passengers Report Stolen SeaTac Plane, Grounded Flights

Planes were reportedly grounded at the SeaTac International Airport as reports flew from passengers on Twitter that someone might have stolen an airplane and taken it on an unauthorized flight.

Nothing was confirmed yet from authorities, but live aviation audio from the tower said authorities were urging a man to try “to land that airplane safely and not hurt anybody.” Other audio reported a ground stop was underway at SeaTac, the airport that services Seattle and Tacoma.

https://heavy.com/news/2018/08/seatac-plane-stolen-hijacked-grounded-seattle/

[gopiscrap]

25. we saw the fighter jets chase the stolen plane from our balcony

[greyl]

2. Live audio from SeaTac tower

https://www.broadcastify.com/listen/feed/15227/web

[greyl]

3. Video of fighter jet chasing stolen plane, with commentary:

Link to tweet

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

4. Live video

First mainstream news source,

https://www.king5.com/live-video

[greyl]

7. Woah, they're showing more video people took from phones.

No ID on temporary pilot yet, apparently.

Q + GTA like the guy who blocked the Hoover Dam bridge in June?

Edit: audio of guy talking during flight: https://t.co/LO9nQsAw4z

[Wash. state Desk Jet]

5. Apparently it crashed.

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/seattle-area-authorities-respond-report-plane-stolen-plume-smoke-n899861

[greyl]

6. Aircraft has crashed in south Puget Sound. Normal operations at Sea-Tac Airport have resumed.

via Sea-Tac Airport Verified account @SeaTacAirport

Link to tweet

[Solly Mack]

8. I swear. I'm just happy to see everyone.

[xor]

9. The audio from that is nuts

I feel bad for laughing at some of the stuff this guy said...


http://garchives1.broadcastify.com/15227/20180810/201808102255-590200-15227.mp3

[kcr]

11. I had to stop listening

[xor]

12. I was rooting for him to land it.

I don't think he lived, aye? I suppose we can be thankful that he didn't seem to be intent on hurting others.

[uppityperson]

13. Live video of the crash site on news shows lots of flames

https://komonews.com/news/local/stolen-plane-forces-ground-stop-at-seatac-airport

[kcr]

15. I don't think so

It sounded like he didn't mean to. I also don't think he meant to hurt others. It's very sad.

[Totally Tunsie]

10. On CNN now

[Rhiannon12866]

14. ABC News: Stolen plane crashes after unauthorized takeoff at Seattle airport

An empty Horizon Airlines plane has crashed after it was stolen by a ground employee from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport on Friday around 8 p.m., according to local authorities and a senior federal aviation source.

North American Aerospace Defense Command scrambled fighter jets to accompany the plane, which was steered away from Seattle and Tacoma by air traffic control, on its hour-long flight, according to the source. The Pierce County Sheriff's Department said the two F-15s were not involved in the crash.

The crash happened on Ketron Island, which is southwest of Tacoma, in south Puget Sound. The small island has only about 20 year-round residents.

The employee who stole the plane was 29 years old, from Pierce County and called "suicidal" by the sheriff's department. It clarified this was not a terrorist incident.


More: https://abcnews.go.com/US/stolen-plane-crashes-unauthorized-takeoff-seattle-airport-source/story?id=57141064



Flames could be seen on Ketron Island, Washington, where the stolen plane crashed late Friday, Aug. 10, 2018.

[uppityperson]

16. At least the fire is on a smallish island, looks like maybe no people

What an odd thing.

[Rhiannon12866]

17. They said very few people live there - but I sure agree

I can't imagine what his plans were - especially if he wasn't all that good at flying the plane.

"Most terrorists don't do loops over the water," Sheriff Paul Pastor said. "This might have been a joyride gone terribly wrong."

[nitpicker]

18. BBC update

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-45153535

((NPR radio just now was claiming it was a mechanic who stole the plane.))

[xor]

20. Hyde... That name is a running gag with 4chan types.

I don't know exactly where it all comes from or the backstory, but I do know the name Hyde is one of their things. This may not be the case, but you're right about being leery of the BS that pops up early.


*edit*

Link to tweet

Yeah, that's a troll he's pulling. That picture posted confirms it. It's all BS.

[jberryhill]

26. Oh Jesus Fuck, enough with the "Rich Hyde" nonsense

Must we do this every damned time?

[heaven05]

21. this crazy!!!!

people are getting whackie.....glad this suicidal fool didn't hurt anyone else......

[George II]

22. It's easy to take off in a plane, anyone can do it. It's something entirely different to land it...

....and that was a twin-engine, which takes 100+ hours of experience to handle properly.

In my first flying lesson, with zero experience, I taxied to the runway and took off. But my instructor landed.

[LisaL]

23. Seems his plan didn't include landing. He was suicidal.

His plan was to nose dive it, and he did just that.

[bluevoter4life]

24. Reports I'm hearing are a guy by the name of Richard Russell

FAA website lists a Richard Huston Russell, of Kent, WA as a licensed A&P mechanic. Chances are, he knew how to start the plane, in order to taxi it from the maintenance hangar back to the terminal. Today was the day that he snapped, unfortunately.

[Bengus81]

27. It's too bad,bet he could have got it down and landed......

Might have bent and dented a couple of things but with a pilot assisting him he could have done it,especially at a near by AFB that usually have runways that are nearly two miles long. He just didn't want to face the shit storm on the ground that would happen.

There was a Cessna employee working as a mechanic who took one of their smaller jets on a joy ride and didn't know how to fly the thing. He did a few trips around the airport and landed--blew a tire and tossed some debris into an engine but other than that the aircraft was fine.

[LisaL]

29. He didn't want to land it.

He was suicidal, and it sounds like he did exactly what he set up to do, nosedive into the ground.

[leanforward]

28. The F-15 interceptor/chase planes?

A licensed A&P mechanic would know how to move the plane around on the ground.

Have there been any reports of sonic booms over Oregon and Washington States within minutes of this incident going public. Something similar happened for interceptors heading for Pennsylvania on 9/11 from Langely.

Just read more of the above notes/comments, NORAD directed the F-15s. They did hot foot it into the area.