What the records say
- When
- 10 Aug 2018
- Kind
- Air disaster
- Coordinates
- 47.16° N, 122.63° W
- Description
- aircraft crash in United States, August 2018
- Deaths
- 1
- Injured
- 0
2018 Horizon Air Bombardier Q400 incident
Aircraft crash in United States
On August 10, 2018, a Bombardier Q400 operated by Horizon Air 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.
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