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'Suicidal' mechanic steals, crashes empty airplane from US' Seattle airport; officials say it was not a terrorist incident
FirstpostTwo military F-15 jets were scrambled after a “suicidal” airline worker stole and later crashed an empty passenger plane from the Seattle-Tacoma airport, local officials said. San Francisco: A “suicidal” mechanic stole an empty passenger plane from the Seattle-Tacoma airport on late Friday, took it for a brief flight that included an aerial loop, then crashed it in an incident officials said was unrelated to terrorism. Two military F-15s were scrambled to chase the stolen plane, but “were not involved in the crash,” local officials said. The sheriff’s office also said that the F-15s arrived minutes after the plane was stolen and kept the aircraft “out of harms way and people on ground safe.” Horizon Air chief operating officer Constance von Muehlen issued a video statement describing the incident.
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