Theft and crash of a Horizon Air De Havilland DHC-8-400
| Crash of a De Havilland DHC-8-400 | |
|---|---|
.jpg) N449QX Horizon Air, 2015 |
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| Accident summary | |
| Accident type | Pilot suicide |
| place |
Ketron Island , Puget Sound 47 ° 9 '17.3 " N , 122 ° 38' 8.5" W |
| date | August 10, 2018 |
| Fatalities | 1 |
| Survivors | 0 |
| Injured | 0 |
| Aircraft | |
| Aircraft type | De Havilland DHC-8-400 |
| operator | Horizon Air |
| Mark | N449QX |
| Departure airport |
 Seattle-Tacoma International Airport
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| Destination airport | none |
| Passengers | 0 |
| crew | 1 |
| Lists of aviation accidents | |
The theft and the crash of a De Havilland DHC-8-400 with the air vehicle registration N449QX of Horizon Air caused on August 10, 2018 Richard Russell, a dispatcher of Horizon Air. He started at the Seattle Center with no pilot's license or corresponding permission and flew the stolen aircraft performed several aerobatic maneuvers within 70 minutes . After just a few minutes, F-15 fighter planes had taken up the chase with the order to push the machine off to the open sea. After problems with one of the two engines, probably due to a lack of fuel, he crashed on Ketron Island , an island in Puget Sound , and had a fatal accident. On August 13, 2018, the flight recorder was recovered by the FBI .
The 29-year-old was previously considered to be mentally ill and was described by the sheriff of the responsible Pierce County as "suicidal". He himself had stated that he did not want to hurt anyone.
The FBI investigation in November 2018 led to the result that the machine was deliberately steered to the ground in the final phase of flight. According to the FBI, the pilot acted alone and without a terrorist background, so it is a pilot suicide .
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Accident report DHC-8-400 N449QX , Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on October 30, 2018.
- ↑ That's why it's so easy to steal a passenger jet. Axel Springer SE, August 12, 2018, accessed on August 13, 2018 .
- ↑ Authorities identify man who stole Horizon Air plane from Seattle airport and crashed it into an island , Washington Post, August 11, 2018
- ↑ Candace Sutton: Man steals plane and crashes after chase with fighter planes in Seattle. In: news.com.au. August 11, 2018, accessed August 11, 2018 .
- ↑ Seattle: Employee Hijacks Parked Airplane and Crashes , aerotelegraph.com, August 11, 2018
- ↑ Stolen plane closes Seattle-Tacoma airport before crashing , BBC, August 11, 2018
- ↑ Seattle stolen plane: FBI recovers flight data recorder from crash site , The Guardian , August 13, 2018
- ↑ Jeffrey Cook, Mark Osborne: Stolen plane crashes after unauthorized takeoff at Seattle airport: Source. In: ABC News. August 11, 2018, accessed August 11, 2018 .
- ↑ Airline worker who stole plane told air traffic control 'I don't want to hurt no one' , abc13, August 11, 2018
- ↑ FBI Completes Investigation into August 2018 Unauthorized Flight from Seattle-Tacoma Airport. In: Department of Justice . Federal Bureau of Investigation , November 9, 2018, accessed April 2, 2019 .