The incident is bizarre and tragic, but it is not unprecedented. . Richard B. Russell reportedly stole a Horizon Air plane for a joyride before crashing and killing himself near Seattle. New Video Shows When Richard Russell Stole a Plane at Sea-Tac - Jalopnik On Friday, Horizon Air ground service agent .css-3wjtm9{-webkit-text-decoration:underline;text-decoration:underline;text-decoration-thickness:0.125rem;text-decoration-color:#1c6a65;text-underline-offset:0.25rem;color:inherit;-webkit-transition:all 0.3s ease-in-out;transition:all 0.3s ease-in-out;}.css-3wjtm9:hover{color:#595959;text-decoration-color:border-link-body-hover;}Richard B. Russell got in one of the airlines Bombardier Q400 aircraft and took off from Seattles SeaTac Airport. He passed a series of background checks to gain his position, as he didn't have any criminal convictions. It was one of the strangest, scariest, most bizarre events of 2018: A baggage handler at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport moseyed onto the tarmac, hopped in an unoccupied Horizon Air passenger plane, taxied to an empty runway, and took off. Airline officials believe he was in uniform and worked a shift Friday, Tilden said. An hour and 45 minutes into the flight, Meyer crashed into the English Channel. The man could be heard on audio recordings telling air traffic controllers that he is "just a broken guy." The jets' capability was appropriate to the potential task, one of the sources said, without offering details. The newly published video, coupled with Rolling Stones detailed reconstruction of the events of August 10, 2018, paint the picture of a cheerful, gregarious fellow. Foote served four and a half months in the brig and later went on to become a test pilot in civilian life. "Everyone was literally frozen in place, muttering about what possibly happened," he said. New video shows crash site of stolen plane 02:22 CNN Richard Russell was a funny, gentle and hardworking man, said family and a colleague of the airline employee who stole a passenger. Investigators headed Saturday to the crash site to recover the plane's data recorders and Russell's remains as part of a criminal probe, authorities said. He was in the air for about an hour. We deliver the best in breaking news, live video coverage, original journalism and segments from your favorite NBC News Shows.Connect with NBC News Online!NBC News App: https://smart.link/5d0cd9df61b80Breaking News Alerts: https://link.nbcnews.com/join/5cj/breaking-news-signup?cid=sm_npd_nn_yt_bn-clip_190621Visit NBCNews.Com: http://nbcnews.to/ReadNBCFind NBC News on Facebook: http://nbcnews.to/LikeNBCFollow NBC News on Twitter: http://nbcnews.to/FollowNBC#Surveillance #Horizonair #hijacking Could 3 Particles on a Tie Lead Us to D.B. Security footage shows man stealing plane he later crashed into a Richard Russell, pilot of stolen Horizon Air plane, had lighthearted It evens out in the end.". Worlds Largest Passenger Aircraft Will Fly Again, Russia May Use Military Aircraft for Civilians, A Livestream of Planes Trying to Land at Heathrow, Why a New 5G Rollout Is Making Airlines Nervous, The Complicated History of the Very First Flight, The VTOL Future of Flight That Never Took Off. The sky thief Richard Russell captivated the audience's attention after the Authorities at the Port of Seattle released an airport surveillance video of plane stealing.