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
“Nah, I mean I don’t need that much help; I’ve played some video games before. I would like to figure out how to get this…make it pressurized or something so I’m not so lightheaded…”
He sounds really scared here.
The sound of an explosion reported earlier was actually the sonic boom the the 2 F15's which were scrambled out of Portland. "The F15 pilots kept stolen plane out of harms way and people on ground safe." Thank you, @usairforce.
"I wouldn't know how to land it – I wasn't really planning on landing it." OMG.
This is so tragic. #Seatac
This is so tragic. #Seatac
