It was a crazy night in Seattle as an Alaska Airlines ground service agent stole an airliner from SeaTac airport and took off. The plane was empty. The 29-year-old employee was said to be suicidal. He later crashed the plane south of the airport after doing aerial stunts over the area. Video of the low-flying plane can be seen here as well as conversations between controllers and the pilot.
I'm listening through the archive of the radio chatter on the #seatac hijacking. Below are some of the clips. pic.twitter.com/ziBAYv7cgn
— Jimmy Thomson (@jwsthomson) August 11, 2018
Authorities say the incident was not terrorism related. The airplane was an Horizon Air Q400 turboprop. It crashed on a sparsely-populated island in Puget Sound. The stolen airliner was intercepted by F-15 fighter jets, according to The Los Angeles Times.
