![]() In audio recordings of the incident posted on Broadcastify, air traffic controllers can be heard trying to guide the man to land the plane. The regional airline, based at the Seattle-Tacoma airport, is owned by the Alaska Air Group. “Our hearts are with the families of the individual aboard as well as all of our Alaska Air and Horizon Air employees,” said Constance von Muehlen, the airline’s chief operating officer. ![]() The incident was not considered terrorism, the FBI’s Seattle office said.Īuthorities initially identified the man as a mechanic but later said he was a ground service agent, a job that includes directing aircraft for takeoff and gate approach, and de-icing planes. The man “was doing stunts in air or lack of flying skills caused crash into Island,” sheriff’s spokesman Ed Troyer tweeted. local time, with an unauthorized Horizon Air employee at the controls, airport officials tweeted.Īfter flying and doing air stunts for about an hour, the plane crashed at Ketron Island, the sheriff’s department said. The 76-seat Horizon Air turboprop plane took off without authorization around 8 p.m. The 29-year-old ground service agent died, the Pierce County Sheriff’s Department said, without further identifying him. ![]() (CNN) - An airline employee stole an otherwise unoccupied passenger plane Friday from the Seattle-Tacoma International Airport and flew it for an hour with military jets chasing him before crashing in a wooded area 40 miles away. ![]()
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