2018 Horizon Air Q400 incident

On August 10, 2018, a Horizon Air De Havilland Canada Dash 8-400 was stolen from Seattle–Tacoma International Airport (Sea–Tac) in Seattle, Washington. The perpetrator, 29-year-old Richard Russell, was 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. Sea–Tac air traffic control made radio contact with Russell, the sole occupant, who described himself as a "broken guy, got a few screws loose, I guess." About 1 hour and 15 minutes after takeoff, Russell crashed the aircraft on lightly populated Ketron Island in Puget Sound, killing himself.

2018 Horizon Air Q400 crash
N449QX, the aircraft involved in the incident, photographed 2 months before the crash.
Occurrence
DateAugust 10, 2018
SummaryAircraft theft and suicide
SiteKetron Island, Washington, United States
47.148056°N 122.637500°W / 47.148056; -122.637500
Aircraft
Aircraft typeBombardier Q400
RegistrationN449QX
Flight originSeattle–Tacoma International Airport
Occupants1
Fatalities1
Survivors0
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