N449QX, the aircraft involved in the incident, photographed 2 months before the crash.
Occurrence
Date
August 10, 2018
Summary
Aircraft theft and suicide
Site
Ketron Island, Washington, United States 47°08′53″N122°38′15″W / 47.148056°N 122.637500°W / 47.148056; -122.637500[1]
Aircraft
Aircraft type
Bombardier Q400
Registration
N449QX
Flight origin
Seattle–Tacoma International Airport
Occupants
1
Fatalities
1
Survivors
0
On August 10, 2018, a Horizon Air De Havilland Canada Dash 8-400 was stolen from Seattle–Tacoma International Airport (Sea–Tac) in Seattle, Washington. The perpetrator, 29-year-old Richard Russell, was a Horizon Air ground service agent with no piloting experience. After Russell performed an unauthorized takeoff, two McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagle fighters were scrambled to intercept the aircraft. Sea–Tac air traffic control made radio contact with Russell, the sole occupant, who described himself as a "broken guy, got a few screws loose, I guess." About 1 hour and 15 minutes after takeoff, Russell crashed the aircraft on lightly populated Ketron Island in Puget Sound, killing himself.
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