Airline worker steals Alaska Airlines plane from Sea-Tac Airport

[BladesNBarrels]

If you could, could you start a left hand turn

The ATC guy sounds like Bob Newhart, even has his cadence while talking .

Thanks for that post. I was trying to figure out what seemed so familiar about the controller.

[Aloha_Shooter]

Hmmm ... question: do they expect to find remains or DNA evidence in that wreck? What happens if they don't find any?

I expect it's exactly what it looks like, a guy deciding on a last fling before he checks out, but it sounded like a Hollywood setup for a guy faking his own death ...

[Irving]

Hmmm ... question: do they expect to find remains or DNA evidence in that wreck? What happens if they don't find any?

I expect it's exactly what it looks like, a guy deciding on a last fling before he checks out, but it sounded like a Hollywood setup for a guy faking his own death ...

Like what's his name that took all that money. Dewey something? Didn't that happen in the same part of the country?

[Wulf202]

d.b. cooper.

Someone stole a plane in the 50's in that area and crashed it also. A liberator if I remember right.

[Irving]

That's the one.

I think I confused him with that other guy that faked his life by organizing a library.

[hollohas]

That audio is wild.

[TFOGGER]

That's the one.

I think I confused him with that other guy that faked his life by organizing a library.

That one took a second to register...

[Gman]

Remains of airline worker who stole, crashed plane found on island in Puget Sound

The remains of an airline worker who stole and crashed a passenger plane have been found on an island in Puget Sound, officials say.

Investigators also said Sunday that they have recovered the flight recorder and components of the cockpit voice recorder from the 76-seat Horizon Air Q400 flown by Richard Russell.

Russell swiped the commercial aircraft from Sea-Tac International Airport on Friday and performed some startling acrobatic stunts before going down.

The Pierce County Medical Examiner's Office in Washington confirmed Sunday that Russell died in the fiery wreckage, but investigators are unsure if the crash was deliberate or accidental.

[Irving]

He was probably high on marijuana.

[Gman]

He was probably high on marijuana.

It's legal in Washington, and he seemed pretty mellow on the radio. Maybe he had a bag of Cheetos with him, just like playing the flight simulator at home.