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© Copyright 2018 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.'Suicidal' mechanic steals plane from Seattle airport
By Elaine Thompson and Michael Balsamo SEATAC, Wash©2024 GPlusMedia Inc.
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Madverts
Ah well at least he didn’t take anyone out with him....
“Doing stunts or lacking flying skills” don’t seem to mate well. It’s one or the other.
Yubaru
Ok, I reread the article twice, he was suicidal, I get it, there was a crash, I get that too. I even get the part where witnesses saw a large plume of smoke.
Question for the author; did the guy succeed?
theFu
Crazy people find a way. Too bad the plane was destroyed.
Goodlucktoyou
Lucky not a nuke sub.
Serrano
"Later the man said: "I've got a lot of people that care about me. It's going to disappoint them to hear that I did this...Just a broken guy, got a few screws loose, I guess."
Heart breaking. From the info available it's a near certainty he died.
Yubaru
Quite so! The initial article and THIS one are quite different...
Serrano
@Yubaru There's nothing in this article that says the man died. However there is this:
"Pierce County Sheriff Paul Pastor said the man "did something foolish and may well have paid with his life," but could not confirm if he was dead."
Trapped
The way I read it is, he is probably dead. What is unclear is, was it ultimately at his own hand or did an F-15 get a missile off?
David Varnes
The latest CNN report says that the man is confirmed dead, and he crashed. No fire from the F-15s, he crashed himself.
gokai_wo_maneku
I can't help buy wonder if he had in mind suicide by crashing the plane into a big building or populated area.
Jim Poushinsky
More evidence that there is something fundamentally wrong with society. Why are we not recognizing and helping people before they become suicidal or murderous?
oldman_13
Pretty impressive he knew how to take off and fly the thing. At least he only killed himself and not others.