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I'm not an urban planner but these are the people-friendly amenities that I enjoyed while in Montreal this summer š§µ(inspiration for #seabikes) 
Blocking off entire streets from car traffic throughout the summer, and turning them into areas where people walk/bike/skate, relax on specially designed seats, meet up in parks and cafes and generally enjoy being outdoors without the threat of motorized vehicles
The delivery trucks can drive through these bendy barriers when necessary
Thread: Last night's #seatac plane hijacking was a bit of a rare, outsize reminder of why @Twitter has such an enormous responsibility to police what appears on its platform because of how it has altered entirely how people consume news & opinion.
As the #seatac hijacking unfolded, people on the ground were posting video of the plane in the air, the fighter jets chasing it, and audio of the mechanic's communication with air traffic control.
Even if the media were monitoring police/emergency comms and/or Twitter, it takes time to assign a crew, assess the situation, and get that info verified and ready for publication/broadcast. Twitter users were already on the story and reporting live, essentially.
Tonight, an apparently suicidal man named Rich stole a Horizon Air Q400 turboprop from #SeaTac, and took off without clearance.
What follows is a transcript of the last ~20 minutes of the transmissions between Rich, an unnamed controller, and a pilot named āCaptain Billā:
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What follows is a transcript of the last ~20 minutes of the transmissions between Rich, an unnamed controller, and a pilot named āCaptain Billā:
1/23
The broadcast was a jumble of chatter, so where you see [ā¦], some time elapses before the next transmission.
ATC: Turn back around so we can stay in contact.
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ATC: Turn back around so we can stay in contact.
2/23
Rich: Iāve got a lot of people that care about meā¦andā¦itās gonna disappoint them to hear that I did this. I would like to apologize to each and every one of them. Iāmā¦just a broken guy. Got a few screws loose, I guess. Never really knew it ātil now. Umā¦just, you knowā¦
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BREAKING [Recap via @kurtsiegelin]:
-An airline employee [mechanic?] stole a plane at #SeaTac and took off alone
-Radio excerpts [below] hint that he didn't know what he was doing, but he got airborne
-2 F15s scrambled from Oregon Natl Guard, intercept
-Plane goes down
-An airline employee [mechanic?] stole a plane at #SeaTac and took off alone
-Radio excerpts [below] hint that he didn't know what he was doing, but he got airborne
-2 F15s scrambled from Oregon Natl Guard, intercept
-Plane goes down
āNah, I mean I donāt need that much help; Iāve played some video games before. I would like to figure out how to get thisā¦make it pressurized or something so Iām not so lightheadedā¦ā
Hereās Alaska Airlinesās homepage right now (Alaska owns Horizon). The blog they reference is blog.alaskaair.com/alaska-airlineā¦
Btw, the plane was a Bombardier Q400 (holds 76) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bombardieā¦
(Iām a bit of an aviation nerd/lover. Who is also terrified of flying (ironically?) yet does it anyway, grudgingly :) )
I'm listening through the archive of the radio chatter on the #seatac hijacking. Below are some of the clips.
I'm going through this as quickly as I can. Please bear with me.
Here he is realizing how quickly he is burning through fuel.
#seatac Audio of the person (rich) that stole the plane talking "I got alot of people that care about me ...I would like to apologized...just a broken guy got a few screws loose I guess..." (2 min mark) garchives1.broadcastify.com/15227/20180810ā¦
"hey pilot guy..can this thing do a backflip?" (4:20 min mark" #seatac
"think I'm gonna land it...like in a safe kinda matter...gonna try to a barrel roll and if that goes good I'm just go noes down and call it a night" (5:10 min mark) #Seatac
Some dude stole a plane from #Seatac (Allegedly), did a loop-the-loop, ALMOST crashed into #ChambersBay, then crossed in front of our party, chased by fighter jets and subsequently crashed. Weird times.
This upstaged my brotherās wedding rehearsal. Wish them a happy wedding day tomorrow!
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@SeaTacAirport Your security checkpoint policy really sucks. Only one general point open with a 1 hour wait?! Clearly a ploy to get folks to buy TSA PRE or CLEAR. Why only have one general checkpoint open for such a huge airport?!
@SeaTacAirport Great placement of these signs too guys. There's a 500 person line here, and disabled and elderly folks and kids. All crammed in to this one checkpoint that stretches the entire airport now. Cc: @AirlineFlyer @RunwayGirl #seatac
@SeaTacAirport This is from two completely opposite views, 180 degrees apart. Every single person in each of those pictures is in a single security queue. It's got that football game vibe going. š #seatac
