2018 Horizon Air Q400 incident
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2018-horizon-air-q400-incident-230-1504253
title:
2018 Horizon Air Q400 incident
text:
On August 10, 2018, a Horizon Air De Havilland Canada Dash 8-400 was stolen from Seattle–Tacoma International Airport (Sea–Tac) by 28-year-old Richard Russell, 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,
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Aircraft crash in United States, August 2018
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2018_Horizon_Air_Q400_incident
date created:
2018-08-11T05:27:10Z
date modified:
2024-09-15T14:57:00Z
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13
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