What happened, what's next after airline worker stole plane
SEATTLE (AP) — U.S. investigators are working to find out how an airline employee stole an empty commercial airplane from the main airport serving Seattle and crashed into a small island after being chased by military jets.
The man was killed, but no one else was hurt. Here's some more details on the bizarre incident:
WHAT HAPPENED?
A Horizon Airlines ground agent stole a Horizon Air Q400, a turboprop plane that seats 76 people, from Sea-Tac International Airport on Friday night. For more than an hour, Richard Russell, 29, flew over the Seattle metro area and Puget Sound, doing large loops and other dangerous maneuvers while talking with air traffic controllers.