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    An empty Horizon Airlines plane has crashed after it was stolen by a ground employee from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport on Friday around 8 p.m., according to local authorities and a senior federal aviation source.

    North American Aerospace Defense Command scrambled fighter jets to accompany the plane, which was steered away from Seattle and Tacoma by air traffic control, on its hour-long flight, according to the source. The Pierce County Sheriff's Department said the two F-15s were not involved in the crash.

    The crash happened on Ketron Island, which is southwest of Tacoma, in south Puget Sound. The small island has only about 20 year-round residents.



    The employee who stole the plane was 29 years old, from Pierce County and called "suicidal" by the sheriff's department. Horizon Air COO Constance von Muehlen confirmed the man was an employee of the company.

    https://abcnews.go.com/US/stolen-pla...ry?id=57141064
    Last edited by dlevere; 08-11-2018, 07:58:46 AM.
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