Posted on 08/11/2018 2:17:00 AM PDT by BBell
A Horizon Air passenger plane crashed on an island in Puget Sound Friday night, not long after a suspect conducted an "unauthorized take-off" from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport in Washington state, officials said.
Witnesses reported seeing a large plume of smoke in the air above Ketron Island after the plane went down. No passengers were believed to be aboard the Q400 aircraft, airport officials said.
No one on the sparsely inhabited island was believed to have been injured, the Pierce County Sheriff's Department said on Twitter.
The unidentified pilot was a 29-year-old "suicidal male," the sheriff's department said. The Seattle Times reported that he was a Horizon Air employee from Sumner, Wash.
The drama played out in real time on the Internet as the public was able to hear the suspect communicating with air traffic controllers via the air traffic control scanner.
"I've got a lot of people that care about me. It's going to disappoint them to hear that I did this. I would like to apologize to each and every one of them. Just a broken guy, got a few screws loose, I guess," the suspect said, according to the Seattle Post-Intelligencer.
"I've got a lot of people that care about me. It's going to disappoint them to hear that I did this. I would like to apologize to each and every one of them. Just a broken guy, got a few screws loose, I guess."
- Voice on air control scanner, believed to be that of suspect
In another instance, the suspect joked whether the airline would hire him as a pilot if he landed the plane safely.
Pierce County Sheriff Paul Pastor said the man "did something foolish and may well have paid with his life."
The sheriff's department said it was launching a background investigation on the suspect.
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Audio and visual. Kind of disturbing as the guy is very calm and matter of fact. I would say he's nuts.
Stolen Seattle Plane Does Loops And Crashes (Audio And Footage)
Did he die? What a poorly written article and the quote “may well have paid with his life”..did he?
Prayers offered for all those considering suicide.
That's pretty much my conclusion. He sounds fairly intelligent, and was able to pull off an exciting exit... it sounded like he had some fun flying that thing. Its a shame he went that route though.
Twitter pics of the F-15s scrambling out of PDX to intercept.
https://mobile.twitter.com/Sabian404/status/1028137639747051521
” and the pilots kept “people on the ground safe.”
Does that mean they shot him down?
It was an expensive exit. Sounds like he might have ran out of fuel.
Not sure how accurate those photos are, one is clearly a Mass ANG F-15, unless maybe they used super powerful afterburners.
"...what a poorly-written article..."
Expensive joyride.
Q400 US$32.2 million.
Developed from.
de Havilland Canada Dash 7.
The Bombardier Dash 8 or Q Series, previously known as the de Havilland Canada Dash 8 or DHC-8 is a series of twin-engine, medium-range, turboprop airliners.
The headlong rush to inject opinion, emotion and logical fallacies (eg Appeal to Majority) is pervasive.
And the recent trend is a near total reliance on the cold open, especially in tear jerker stories about illegals (’Jose Garza worried his truck might not start and he couldn’t work to feed his family....’)
I’m just thanking God that the guy didn’t take anyone with him. He easily could have.
So was this one of our friends in the religion of pieces doing a test run?
I notice they won’t identity the pilot.
Guy was smart, probably had some mental issues but i don’t think they were really that bad, to me he sounds like a person that wanted a lot in life but the stars denied him, people ignored him and finally he wanted some attention.
And i think his right engine was shot.
Best warm and fuzzy of the week. F-15s at full AB with live munitions racing to keep Americans safe. At least someone is paying attention.
Sorry for the guy having troubles that make you do extra-stupid stuff.
Good thing he wasn’t a Muslim sympathizer . . . could have easily become a murder/suicide by flying into the space needle.
Never heard of hot-wiring a plane before. I guess Alaska (who owns Horizon) will write off the plane...
Stock photo?
That’s what I’m thinking but those on Twitter were claiming they had been “transferred” and hadn’t had their markings changed yet, I thin that’s BS....they’re stock photos.
Only other explanation is that the Mass ANG is out there for a training mission? Getting training hop in the eastern US must be a royal pain.
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