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He stole a 76-seat Bombardier Q400 from Seattle-Tacoma Airport. Two NORAD F-15s scrambled from Portland. He was in contact with Air Traffic Control, apologized to his family. Said he was unwilling to land at a military base because "they would rough me up". Directed out over the Pacific by the fighters, crashed on an uninhabited island in Puget Sound.
A witness claimed he did a loop-de-loop but I didn't see it in his video.
I am completely convinced that suicidal depression can always be cured.
He had all the proper security credentials. He had been working his shift and was believed to still be in uniform. The baggage handler didn't seem out of place at all — until he was taxiing down the runway and taking off in a stolen passenger plane.
Media outlets identified him as Richard Russell, a 27-year-old who sparked a combination of amazement and fear as he flew — alone — a 76-seat Horizon Air Q400 plane for more than an hour before it crashed on a wooded area on Ketron Island south of Seattle.
He did a barrel roll. A daring swoop. Officials said they didn't believe he even had a pilot's license. "Incredible," Horizon Air President and Chief Executive Gary Beck said Saturday.
But investigators are still trying to understand why he decided to take the plane for a what appeared to be joy ride Friday evening from the Seattle-Tacoma International Airport.
The act also reignited discussions about airport and aviation security, with Alaska Airlines Chairman and CEO Brad Tilden repeating several times Saturday that passenger and employee safety was — and is — the company's primary concern.
Also at CNN.
(Score: 5, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday August 12 2018, @11:39PM (2 children)
As I remember, the oath of office for the United States uniformed services goes something like this:
Yeah. Nothing about the President in that oath there. They are rather to be sworn to support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic. If they are loyal to you above this oath, then they are forsworn and traitors. For they are giving aid and comfort to one who has shown himself time and again a true enemy of that same Constitution.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday August 13 2018, @02:44AM
Nice!
Finally found somebody who is not an incel! This person knows where his loyalties lie.
Only incels believe that Trump is president because of procedures established almost 230 years ago in the Cons@uy8[p[[[!@%#}}#$[[[NO CARRIER
(Score: 1, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Monday August 13 2018, @04:21PM
How is this informative? It is false. Part of the oath is obeying the lawful orders of the president and superior officers.
https://www.army.mil/values/oath.html [army.mil]
Unlawful orders should be disobeyed. The officer can offer punishment under article 15; the subordinate can accept it to prevent a criminal charge, or refuse and challenge it in court. The subordinate is entitled to legal representation throughout the entire process.
During a deployment, this shouldn't happen. When I was still on active duty, the legalities of combat and subordinates should refuse an unlawful order were covered pretty well. Mutiny is expected when superiors start giving unlawful orders. Pre-deployment health screenings should prevent troops with physical or mental health problems from being deployed.