Stolen Aircraft Makes an Unauthorized Takeoff and Crashes into Seattle | Alaska Airlines Q400

[Music] [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] they're cast on Charlie lighting up one by one six interface huh with that stable only one percenter for your father with that gate on runway one-six enter share your content through the back gate holding on a runway one-six enter [Music] odd weather once again all right I thought you'd been with Arthur area one or two [Music] and I would not have landed I wasn't really playing I don't want to do a couple maneuvers see what I can do work with her down yeah they just fly the plane around you seem comfortable with that oh yeah the plan found place two days before so I know it'll feel a little bit okay and and you can see all the terrain around you you've got no issue with visibility or anything now everything's peachy and you can just do a little circle around reindeer it's beautiful I think I got some gas to go check out the Olympics and yeah okay and I'm rich you know are you able to tell what altitude you're at no I'm not taking it any jet I'm actually keeping you away from aircraft that are trying to land it's v-tach you know screwing up everyone else today on account of a I'm down to 21 under like 30-something Bree she said you're at 2,100 pounds of fuel left yeah I don't know what the burnin burn inch burnout is like on on takeoff but burn wait a bit faster than I expected there is the runway just off your right side and about a mile do you see that that's the that's the McChord Field oh man those got to run by a man in there I think I I think I might mess something up there too I wouldn't want to do that hopefully oh babe I got here's my aircraft now they don't have any of that stuff we're just trying to find a place for you to land safely yeah not quite ready to bring it down just yet but all these folks are gonna I got a stuff look at the children it's going down wait and I think you might have some questions rich I've got a pilot on with us and if you got any questions you can ask him now 400 apparently the grounds crew min-width with horizon I guess and right now he's just flying around and he just needs some help controlling his aircraft very good that might jump up like the video games before I would like to figure out how to get this cabin altitude like I know where the box is I would like to get some bacon make it pressurize or something so I'm not gonna lie head that's what your altitude yeah I don't know anything I don't know anything about the autopilot I'm just gonna hand flying right now it's okay you know how fast you're going but your uh your power that's probably 50 percent be the tooth of Jesus right now Center on that claps display there and then press well tell me do your power 50% or tell me what you got yeah I got it like 20 Idol broad please low bring it up to like 50 their side on the bottom it said the eg I've got a little blue you know I'm on it you can crank that around and and you know I tell you what let's just do those [Music] push you see the HPV but hdg but right for that little thumb wheel no you can do that with this thing so what would if you were to do it how would you do it well I try to figure out how to get the autopilot first it's not concentrate so much supply an airplane hey you think friendlies it's essentially a lapse will give you jobs finally you know I think here we give you a job dealing anything if you can pull this off yeah I'm still here it if you want it to land probably the best bet is that runway just ahead it's your left again that's the McChord Field if you wanted to try that might be the best way to set up and see if he can land there or just like the islet suggest another option would be over Puget Sound into the water dang dr. McCord yet cuz I don't think I'd be happy with you tell me I could play him like that cuz I can't let my stuff up sorry charity talk to him and just like me what we want to see is you not get hurt or anybody else get hurt so like I said if you want to try the land that's probably the best place to go hey I want the coordinates of that orchard with the you know the pompadour go with the baby I wanna go see that guy back hey what's that what's that there for right there behind me like to my left okay rich offer so we just need you to keep flying the aircraft so if you could just stay there and keep flying the aircraft here the there for you just passed over on your left that the Tacoma Narrows Airport I mean that's also an option if you want to try going there but like you said earlier record that that's the bigger runway if you wanted to try to land there hey rich this is Captain Bill here we're still listening to fly airplanes feeling just fine how's yours they said it would be a better option I think if you tried to land it or even land it on the water they fund on I want to know what this weather's gonna be like in the Olympics well if you can see the Olympics the weather's good I can see the Olympics or my window and it looks pretty good over there all right like circling around right here but for me that's just the the winds blowing over all the bumpy surfaces there but rich if you could maybe start a left-hand turn start turning back round because if you get too close to the Olympics you won't be able to hear us anymore turn back around you're like I said it just want to keep talking to you and if you keep going towards the Olympic Mountains well won't be able to hear each other we're back around so we can bang contact with you I grabbed a lot of people I care about me and it's gonna disappoint them to you that I did then I would like to apologize and every one of them just that broken guy got a few screws loose again never really do it till now you know man have you been to the Olympics these guys are gorge oh yeah I have been out there it's always a nice Drive yeah yeah I bet you do I haven't done much hiking over there and but it'd be good if you could start a left turn and turn back towards Ethan are you gonna give you there but if you go too much further in that direction I won't be able to hear you anymore all right look I can just enjoy [Music] well no need to do that if you could just start it turn to the right and then I'll tell you when to stop turning and then you can keep it level from there I feel like I need to be what do you think like five thousand feet at least be able to pull this barrel roll off if you could see your still turn it to the right you want to maybe start making a turn back to the left a little bit she'd be a hero if you could pull off a landing Bank angle Bank angle caution terrain caution terrain by Monroe 1,000 all right richest capital congratulations he did that now let's turn to plane that airplane safely about her anybody on the ground [Laughter] Oh Oh Oh to low terrain [Music] Oh [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] [Music] you [Music]

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Id: lQy3e5yUKvo

Length: 16min 5sec (965 seconds)

Published: Thu Mar 07 2019

Reddit Comments

[u/Midpack]

This story is tough. So many feelings about it, deep sadness among them, but also anger, fear, even wonder. The "pull of the void" can be present in many of us, but I cannot imagine the feeling of getting in that Dash-8, knowing what I (he) was about to do. Anyone else?

[u/bill-of-rights]

It seems we need more focus on helping people with mental issues. Bring your car into an expert to fix it, and no one bats an eye. Need to talk to a professional about the meat computer between your ears, and everyone loses their minds. Our society will be better when we realize the importance mental health, and stop expecting everyone to just figure it out on their own.

[u/c130rob]

It’s insane how casual he is when he talks.

[u/-pilot37-]

I listened to Beebo on SeaTac LiveATC while he was flying around. I live in Spokane, somewhat near Seattle. I was shocked with what was going on because it was so close to home and seeing Q400s over my house going to Seattle or landing at Spokane was a daily occurrence. I’d be surprised if I’ve never before accidentally seen the stolen one. Anyways, as I was listening to it, I remember there was a long silence and I considered turning it off, but then I head his infamous “nose down and call it a night” line. Chills all over me. I pressed my earbuds harder into my ears and listened to it until his very last line about something being wrong with the engine, and how there wasn’t enough fuel. RIP Beebo Russel.

[u/NevadaTellMeTheOdds]

Man I have no idea how to feel about him. I really, really wish he attempted to land that plane. That would’ve made the story so much better. A real triumph.

[u/odwyer02]

Sad situation.

[u/MirageF1C]

As a pilot I find myself acutely struck by this. I followed it at the time though not in a great deal of detail.

Having watched this start to finish I cannot shake this profound sense of respect for him. I'm fully aware of the risks he took and one can reasonably argue he risked others.

The fact remains he was acutely aware of the risk he posed and behaved actively to minimise this risk to others. Not once did I get the sense he was being selfish.

He accepted his fate, with a sort of bravery, even admitting he didn't fully comprehend the extent of his 'loose screws' and still avoided hurting others. He apologised for the hurt he was about to cause.

Contrast this with the German Wings flight 9525 where a DEEPLY troubled man took an aircraft full of innocent people to their untimely deaths.

This isn't the same. There's no glory here. And then the man exited this world having executed aerobics in a commercial aircraft.

If you're going to go, go making a smoking hole in the side of a mountain.

RIP Rich.

[u/dragon0069]

Kudos and my deepest respect, to those that had to deal with this. The controllers were amazing. Calm, collected, and trying to work out the best possible outcome. How thy must have felt when they realized that it's not going to turn out well. They are true professionals.

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This is a tough situation. I feel really bad that people still can't get the mental help they need.

[u/dpcaxx]

Somehow I missed this event when it happened and this post was my first time hearing of it, so thank you OP.

In reading through the comments and considering my own point of view on how Rich chose to end his final day I can say this, I don't condone what he did, but I do understand it.

It is almost too easy for us simply dismiss Rich's actions with the term "mentally ill" because honestly, how many of us are only a single bad day from checking out?

In 2016, there were 44,965 recorded suicides, up from 42,773 in 2014, according to the CDC's National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS). On average, adjusted for age, the annual U.S. suicide rate increased 24% between 1999 and 2014, from 10.5 to 13.0 suicides per 100,000 people, the highest rate recorded in 28 years

My point is, not all of these statistics were people who were mentally ill. Depressed maybe, suicidal obviously, but how many of the almost 45k suicides in 2016 were just normal everyday people like Rich, doing a normal everyday job, like groundcrew, who one day or over a series of days decided that today was the last day they were going to wake up for. What, if anything, really makes them any different from you or I?