told air traffic control that his actions would “disappoint” people that care about him after he stole a plane and crashed it into a deserted island.
Richard Russell, who was a ground services employee with the airline Horizon Air, performed an unauthorised takeoff of a Horizon Air Bombardier Q400 at Seattle–Tacoma International Airport in the state of Washington on the west coast of the US in 2018.His actions prompted two McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagle fighters to be scrambled to intercept the aircraft as air traffic control made contact with him.The 29-year-old told the control tower: “I’ve got a lot of people that care about me.
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