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Passengers Report Stolen SeaTac Plane, Grounded Flights
https://heavy.com/news/2018/08/seatac-plane-stolen-hijacked-grounded-seattle/ ^ | Aug 11 | Jessica McBride

Posted on 08/10/2018 9:16:24 PM PDT by Mr.Unique

PPlanes 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.

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TOPICS: Local News
KEYWORDS: airplane; aviation; planecrash; seatac; seattle; selfishahole; stolen; washington
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Lots of reports on twitter
1 posted on 08/10/2018 9:16:24 PM PDT by Mr.Unique
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To: Mr.Unique

Flying is actually pretty easy. So is landing. Walking away, however...


2 posted on 08/10/2018 9:20:11 PM PDT by Billthedrill
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Someone trying to escape from Seattle’s totalitarian leftist dictatorship?


3 posted on 08/10/2018 9:20:25 PM PDT by LegendHasIt
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To: Mr.Unique

Wouldn’t this be the first hijacking in the US since 9/11?


4 posted on 08/10/2018 9:21:15 PM PDT by edh
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To: Billthedrill

Anyone can land a plane once.


5 posted on 08/10/2018 9:21:59 PM PDT by Snickering Hound
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To: LegendHasIt

Disgruntled Mariners fan. Triggered by the slump.


6 posted on 08/10/2018 9:23:49 PM PDT by JennysCool
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To: Mr.Unique

listening now,interesting.


7 posted on 08/10/2018 9:24:25 PM PDT by mdittmar
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Is that barefoot bandit kid out of jail?


8 posted on 08/10/2018 9:26:05 PM PDT by Rebelbase (Consensus isn't science.)
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To: Mr.Unique

bookmark


9 posted on 08/10/2018 9:28:54 PM PDT by GOP Poet
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To: JennysCool
Disgruntled Mariners fan. Triggered by the slump.

Ehhh. Can't be any worse than the 1988 Orioles (0-21 to start the year, 107 total losses).

10 posted on 08/10/2018 9:33:11 PM PDT by grey_whiskers (The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change without notice.)
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To: Mr.Unique

This is a real developing situation.


11 posted on 08/10/2018 9:33:54 PM PDT by GOP Poet
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What kind of plane was it?


12 posted on 08/10/2018 9:34:06 PM PDT by arrogantsob
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To: Mr.Unique

Seems Planes are landing,kinda bogged up.


13 posted on 08/10/2018 9:34:57 PM PDT by mdittmar
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Reports on twitter of smoke...possible bar crash.


14 posted on 08/10/2018 9:35:17 PM PDT by Mr.Unique (The government, by its very nature, cannot give except what it first takes.)
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Am watching the live coverage on Agenda-Free TV.

They are doing a SOLID job in reporting on this story. Now THIS is what televised news is supposed to be.

15 posted on 08/10/2018 9:35:49 PM PDT by Ciaphas Cain ("Progressivism" is as every kind of evil: it can never create, only corrupt and destroy.)
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Deep state?


16 posted on 08/10/2018 9:40:33 PM PDT by wastedyears (The left would kill every single one of us and our families if they knew they could get away with it)
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To: Mr.Unique

https://www.kiro7.com/news/local/unauthorized-take-off-of-passenger-plane-at-sea-tac-officials-say/810705229
Heard Oregon Air National Guard F-15s taking off from nearby PDX. I bet they were headed up there. KIRO reporting crash near Anderson Island.


17 posted on 08/10/2018 9:41:42 PM PDT by Ronald_Magnus
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Reporting mechanic from unknown aircraft company stole the aircraft


18 posted on 08/10/2018 9:44:20 PM PDT by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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To: Ronald_Magnus

He did a loop and then crashed the plane.


19 posted on 08/10/2018 9:44:59 PM PDT by Cementjungle
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Anderson Island being near Olympia and Tacoma


20 posted on 08/10/2018 9:46:39 PM PDT by Ronald_Magnus
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