No passengers were onboard and normal operations have resumed at the airfield, the airport said on Twitter.
<blockquote class=”twitter-tweet” data-lang=”en”><p lang=”en” dir=”ltr”>An airline employee conducted an unauthorized takeoff without passengers at Sea-Tac; aircraft has crashed in south Puget Sound. Normal operations at Sea-Tac Airport have resumed.</p>— Sea-Tac Airport (@SeaTacAirport) <a href=”https://twitter.com/SeaTacAirport/status/1028136857190584320?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw”>August 11, 2018</a></blockquote>
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The pilot appeared to have acted alone and was likely killed in the crash.
Alaska Airlines said that it was aware of an unauthorised take-off of a Q400 airplane operated by a sister carrier Horizon Air.
Two military F-15s pursued the plane but were not involved in the crash.
The pilot appeared to have acted alone and was likely killed in the crash.
<blockquote class=”twitter-tweet” data-lang=”en”><p lang=”en” dir=”ltr”>Some dude stole a plane from <a href=”https://twitter.com/hashtag/Seatac?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw”>#Seatac</a> (Allegedly), did a loop-the-loop, ALMOST crashed into <a href=”https://twitter.com/hashtag/ChambersBay?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw”>#ChambersBay</a>, then crossed in front of our party, chased by fighter jets and subsequently crashed. Weird times. <a href=”https://t.co/Ra4LcIhwfU”>pic.twitter.com/Ra4LcIhwfU</a></p>— bmbdgty (@drbmbdgty) <a href=”https://twitter.com/drbmbdgty/status/1028130383911501824?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw”>August 11, 2018</a></blockquote>
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