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On August 10, 2018, a Horizon Air De Havilland Canada Dash 8-400 was stolen from Seattle–Tacoma International Airport (Sea–Tac) by 28-year-old Richard Russell, a Horizon Air ground service agent with no piloting experience.
Apr 11, 2024 · Richard Russell was a ground service agent who stole and fatally crashed a Horizon Air Q400 aircraft in Seattle. Learn about his life, his flight, and the possible motives behind his tragic act.
- Sascha Bos
A fter 29-year-old airline employee Richard B. Russell stole a plane at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport on Friday night and crashed it into Ketron Island in Puget Sound, questions remain...
Nov 5, 2023 · Richard Russell was a 28-year-old Horizon Air employee who stole a Q400 plane from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport in 2018 and crashed it into a nearby island. He had no plans to land the plane and told air-traffic control he was ready to die.
- Austin Harvey
Aug 13, 2018 · Richard Russell was a 29-year-old ground employee at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport who took an empty passenger jet for a joyride in 2018. He rambled about "sweet nothings" and "barrel rolls" to air traffic control before crashing the plane into an island near the Puget Sound.
Aug 19, 2018 · A week after Richard Russell stole a Horizon plane from Sea-Tac Airport and crashed it on Ketron Island, there are few hints about why he did it — or how he was able to fly the aircraft.
Aug 11, 2018 · Richard Russell was a funny, gentle and hardworking man, said family and a colleague of the airline employee who stole a passenger plane from the Seattle-Tacoma International Airport and...
