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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Graig Graziosi

THE TRUTH ABOUT: Security footage shows man stealing plane he later crashed into a washington island - The Untold Story

Port of Seattle

A curious and ultimately tragic story from 2018 finally has a little more context, thanks to security camera footage.

Four years ago, a 29-year-old man named Richard Russell managed to steal an Alaskan Airlines turboprop plane from the Seattle-Tacoma International Airport. No one noticed the plane had disappeared until Mr Russell was in the air.

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