Horizon Air Worker Who Crashed Plane Bent on Suicide, Not Terror
- FBI issues report on August incident at Seattle’s airport
- Airline, airport found to have followed all security rules
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The Horizon Air worker who stole an airplane from Seattle’s airport and took it for a ride crashed intentionally to commit suicide, the FBI said in a report that concluded he had no apparent ties to terrorism.
Ground service agent Richard Russell, 28, acted alone and no charges are planned in the August incident, the agency said in a statement released Friday. Investigators found no explanation for why Russell, who wasn’t a licensed pilot, wanted to steal the empty plane and kill himself.