NORAD says the F-15s did not fire upon the aircraft.
And the man is presumed dead.JENKINS: Not much. They were trying to get him to land. But he mentioned “video games” during his recorded conversation with air traffic control, which some have taken as a reference to flight simulator software.A Port of Seattle official, Mike Pohl, said that Russell used an airport tractor to pull the parked plane onto a runway, which he would have known how to do, as part of his job in ground service was towing airplanes. Horizon Air is part of Alaska Air Group and flies shorter routes throughout the U.S. West.
Planes in the Seattle area were temporarily grounded. U.S. Never really knew it until now.”I’m listening through the archive of the radio chatter on the During the exchange, the alleged hijacker grew concerned about the quickly dropping fuel levels. August 12, 2018 1:05 PM EDT The 28-year-old man communicated with air traffic control before the plane crashed a short time later. We don't know what motivated him to take the plane and do this. And then just after 9 o'clock local time, the plane crashed on that small island, caught fire. Russell wrote that he was pursuing his Bachelor of Social Sciences and hoped to work his way up to a management position at Horizon Air or to join the military or law enforcement.“In this season of life we enjoy exploring as much as possible, whether it’s a day (or so) trip to one of Alaska Airlines’ destinations, or visiting a new area of Washington,” Russell wrote about himself and his wife online. As you heard, the man was in contact with air traffic control. There was smoke. But he also apparently did some stunts while he was flying. - in a boat?JENKINS: Yeah, by boat. Most of the homes seem to be on the north end of the island. It’s going to disappoint them to hear that I did this,” he said.
The audio between a man flying a stolen Alaska Airlines plane that crashed in Seattle and the control tower has been released. He performed an unauthorized takeoff and two McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagle fighters were subsequently scrambled to intercept the aircraft. But the fire from the crash did not spread far.SIMON: Well, there certainly are going to be concerns about somebody being able to steal a plane, particularly in these days of such concerns about security. And I'll just mention it has been very hot and dry here. “The individual did use a pushback tractor to rotate the aircraft 180 degrees so he could then taxi the aircraft,” Pohl said at the news conference Saturday.Russell took the Bombardier Dash 8 Q400 turboprop from the northeast corner of the airport, We saw flames on the hillside, police boats circling, helicopters overhead. The passenger plane took off without permission and later crashed after the man performed stunts in the air Full Audio of plane 'hijacker' calmly reveals why he stole jet in … There's fewer than two dozen residents who live there. He also denied assistance with controlling the airplane explaining that he’s “played some video games before.” But he asked for help on how to pressurize the cabin since he was beginning to experience some light-headedness.Looks like that didn’t upload correctly.