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‘I Would Like To Apologize’: Sea-Tac Employee Who Stole, Crashed Plane Confessed To Air Traffic Cont

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  1. Aug 11, 2018 at 8:27 AM
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    Well, here’s a way to commit some federal crimes.
     
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    That was a hell of a thing. Did you see the video of his "barrel roll"? The audio with ATC was haunting as well. He said he was going to "try to attempt a barrel roll, and if that went well, I'll just nose it down and call it a night." 29 years old and that messed up. Very important that if you are feeling depressed, talk to someone.
     
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    Now that’s the way to go out. At least it looks like he had the decency not to crash into a populated area.
     
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    What amazes me is that this can actually still happen.

    Guess we still need to learn from 9/11
     
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    He’s lucky our boys in the sky didn’t get to him. I bet they were considering treating it as an act of terrorism.
     
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    The boys in blue were following him. I’m sure they were just waiting for the go ahead.
     
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    He was a mechanic for that airline. From what I was reading, take with a grain of salt, on Reddit, that mechanics can do everything as a pilot, but fly. He just got the hair up his ass to have one last sha-bag. Either he was going to end it or it would have been suicide by F15.

    FAA I'm sure will be passing down more legislation now, not to mention psych screenings to be a mechanic.
     
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    Yes they can, and that's my point.

    I'm pretty familiar with military aircraft, and have the knowledge to start an F-18. That should not be possible.

    Interlock to limit engine power (8% will move an aircraft with ease) unless certain perimeters (like at the engine test site, weight off wheels command) are met should be mandatory. We limit our cars/trucks, seems pretty easy to me and a good idea on a multi-million dollar turbo prop.
     
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    not sure psych screening would catch everyone..look at the German pilot that crashed his commercial jet somewhere in Europe..plus the plane in Malaysia..we still don't know what happened.
     
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    "I've played some video games before"

    If this didn't have such a tragic outcome, when he says that, it actually sounds like he's enjoying himself.
     
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    I laughed when reading that this morning.

    I've played the shit out of Mike Tyson's Punch Out in my Nintendo days....still not a world class fighter...LMFAO!!!

    All jokes aside, this guy obviously needs help, and it's sad to me that it went this far.
     
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    And with as much fun as it sounded like he was having and to be that messed up to steal a plane, take off, do at least 1 barrel roll in a plane not designed to do that, and knowing the outcome, is scary. I think I heard the ATC conversation to where, I am guessing I don't know that area at all, they wanted him to land at a National Guard or some type of military base, and he says, "Nah, I'm pretty sure those guys will mess me up pretty bad." He knew what he was doing from the moment he sat in the #1 chair.
     
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    It's sad the things someone can/will do when motivation is lost.
    I've had dark days that thankfully strong family support has kept me forward, but definitely folks need to talk more openly when they just aren't feeling it.

    Thankfully he was decent enough to do this alone, for what that is worth, his family will still have to deal with this loss.
     
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    Pretty wild. Sounds like he didn't hurt anyone else, unless I missed something.


    That's awesome that the fighter jets we're able to get there that quick, that's impressive!
     
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    Details have been coming out. Guess this guys name is Richard.

    What a dick.
     
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    It’s said they came out of Portland and they were able to intercept in under 5 minutes once they were wheels up and at flight level. There were reports of sonic booms.
     
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    We had "ready 5" status. That meant your ass was in the seat, engine turning, ready to go, 8 hour shifts.
     
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