Summary The 76-seat airliner was captured on video doing large loops and other risky air stunts
(Web Desk) – In the worlds’s costliest suicide, a US airline employee stole an Alaska Airlines plane without any passengers on it, performed an upside-down aerial loop, and crashed into an island in Washington state.
A man belived to be in his 30s, had stolen the Alaska Airlines plane which costs around Rs4 billion before performing dangerous maneuvers in the sky before crashing on an island about an hour later.
The 76-seat airliner was captured on video doing large loops and other risky air stunts during its hour-long flight.
The man could be heard on audio recordings telling air traffic controllers he is "just a broken guy".
The ground services worker, identified by authorities as a 29-year-old resident of Pierce County in Washington state, died.
The Pierce County Sheriff s Department said the suspect was a "suicidal male" who "acted alone" and that this was "not a terrorist incident."
Some dude stole a plane from #Seatac (Allegedly), did a loop-the-loop, ALMOST crashed into #ChambersBay, then crossed in front of our party, chased by fighter jets and subsequently crashed. Weird times. pic.twitter.com/Ra4LcIhwfU
— bmbdgty (@drbmbdgty) August 11, 2018
"Most terrorists don t do loops over the water," Pierce County Sheriff Paul Pastor said. "This might have been a joyride gone terribly wrong."
Witnesses reported seeing the plane being chased by military aircraft near the airport. "Pilots kept plane out of harm s way and people on ground safe".
