Hijacked Plane in Seattle

[Harry]

Crazy shit.

USAF fighter jets scrambled.

https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/nati...490618071.html

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I read F15s scrambled from Portland?

Is that possible to get there that fast?

[jono]

Should be what, 20 minutes or so at mach 2.5? Just a little noisy

[Kenny Satch]

That's disturbing.
Glad no one else got hurt.

[4matic]

I thought it was airplane repo

[Ted Striker]

^^^ theft

It was a Horizon Air Dash 8 - 400 turboprop (seats about 75 passengers although none were on board), and was supposedly stolen by a mechanic who worked at Seatac. Apparently, the motive was suicide.

[Ted Striker]

I read F15s scrambled from Portland?

Is that possible to get there that fast?

According to Seattle Center that is correct
142d Fighter Wing Air National Guard.

And yes it is.

Should be what, 20 minutes or so at mach 2.5? Just a little noisy

It's only about 120 NM. Even in a civilian passenger jet it would only take about 20 mins including take-off and climb.

It's safe to say that an F-15 could do it in 10.

[Kenny Satch]

Now i'm hearing the guy isn't a mechanic. CNN is the source so it should be considered true until it's verified.

[Bobby Stainless]

It's safe to say that an F-15 could do it in 10.

Jesus that is huckin.

[Name Redacted]

Man, a Dash 8 is a pretty big ass plane to steal and figure out how to start up and take off in.

[plugboots]

He dead.


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[Micol]

some witnesses video showed the commercial twin doing a complete loop (inverted) and steep bank turns along lines of acrobatic flying

[XavierD]

I read F15s scrambled from Portland?

Is that possible to get there that fast?

I think it was 2010 when they shook windows on I5 when a guy in a Cessna got a little two close to an event with the President in Seattle. Took them about 10 minutes.

[k2skier112]

some video
https://www.cnn.com/2018/08/11/us/pl...off/index.html

[Name Redacted]

some video
https://www.cnn.com/2018/08/11/us/pl...off/index.html

Video cuts out right when it looks like it could or could not crash. WTF? Crazy way to go out, flipping a Q400.

[CascadeLuke]

Any truth to the rumor, it was a mag who had decision fatigue over which- shit that annoys me thread to post in?

[nickwm21]

How does he even taxi from AAs hanger space to 34C without ramp patrol swarming in??


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[TBS]

Man, a Dash 8 is a pretty big ass plane to steal and figure out how to start up and take off in.

Guy I worked with in AK got drunk and stole a plane, having never flown one before. His crash landing earned him three years as a guest of the State of AK. He said getting the plane up in the air wasn’t too hard, it was the getting it back on the ground in one piece part that was difficult.

[SkiCougar]

Guy I worked with in AK got drunk and stole a plane, having never flown one before. His crash landing earned him three years as a guest of the State of AK. He said getting the plane up in the air wasn’t too hard, it was the getting it back on the ground in one piece part that was difficult.

second that, private pilot myself. taking off and turning are easy; landing is the big deal.

that guy must have had training before to get it out of the gate and up before he was stopped considering it was a commercial plane and doing a loop.

he sure screwed every airline and passenger as the faa will now have to go thru and likely add additional security and time to prevent this.

[SirHeady]

Still, being able to know how to read a checklist and get flap angles correct, proper mixture settings,yaw dampener etc aint no joke. Taking off (albeit not in something like a C172) is still pretty complex. Most of my flying has been in PC-12s and the Run-Up and Take off Checklist is no joke

[Ted Striker]

how do authorities know it was suicide?

The atc audio was already on the internet last night. It was suicide.

that guy must have had training before to get it out of the gate and up...

If there's any truth to the rumor that he was a mechanic, starting and taxiing the airplane would have been part of his job. If not, there's always youtube and flight sim video games.

...doing a complete loop (inverted) and steep bank turns along lines of acrobatic flying

...considering it was a commercial plane and doing a loop.

Not to get too pedantic, but that was technically a roll.

he sure screwed every airline and passenger as the faa will now have to go thru and likely add additional security and time to prevent this.

He sure did.

[abraham]

I think it was 2010 when they shook windows on I5 when a guy in a Cessna got a little two close to an event with the President in Seattle. Took them about 10 minutes.

I remember that. It was loud

[Micol]

Not to get too pedantic, but that was technically a roll.

i saw this

not so much of this, could of had a roll in there tho

I've been a passenger in a Waco doing these things....pilot at top of loop, would say, look up, you were looking at the ground...
also the acceleration and gforce was pretty fun !

[MultiVerse]

Planes at SeaTac were on ground hold while this was happening. Then, afterwards everything was backed up including available tug drivers to push the planes back from the gate. My 11:30PM SLC arrival arrived at almost 2:00AM. #thingsthatannoyyou

[Micol]

pretty impressive flying for baggage handler/tug driver with a $50 online course