{{#replies}} His wife could not immediately be reached for comment.We rely on advertising to help fund our award-winning journalism.We urge you to turn off your ad blocker for The Telegraph website so that you can continue to access our quality content in the future.To watch The Telegraph's latest video content please visit To watch The Telegraph's latest video content please visit Richard Russell, who liked to be called Beebo, is seen in an undated photograph from a video he produced for his Youtube channel
"You are very calm, collect, poised," he told the air traffic controller.He said flying was a "blast" and that he didn't need much help: "I've played some video games before. The empty passenger airplane making an unlikely upside-down aerial loopA Horizon Air Bombardier Q400 takes off from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport in SeaTac, WashingtonThe plane took flight before crashing in a ball flames
"We were married one year later, and one month after that we opened a bakery which we successfully ran for 3 years," he wrote on his web page. I hope they can make it through this.”In a video posted on YouTube last December, Russell showed luggage coming on and off aircraft, as he described the life of a ground service agent.
Without him, we would be hopeless. "It’s going to disappoint them to hear that I did this.”Relatives and friends of the 29-year-old said they were struggling to reconcile the rogue pilot - whose actions closed an international airport and sent F-15 fighters scrambling into the air - with the likeable young man they knew.His family - who knew him as "Beebo" - expressed their heartbreak. 7:15 p.m. – Russell arrives in a tow vehicle at Cargo 1, at far north end of Sea-Tac airfield 7:19 p.m. – Russell climbs inside Horizon Air Q400 aircraft #N449QX The latest headlines in your inbox twice a day Monday - Friday plus breaking news updatesThe haunting final words of an airport worker who crashed a plane and died have been revealed in a series of audio recordings with air traffic control.Richard Russell, 29, a Horizon Air ground service employee, He had been seen doing loop-the-loops and barrel rolls in the plane as air traffic controllers from Sea-Tac International tried to encourage him to land.Newly released audio recordings from the plane revealed Mr Russell's final conversations with an air traffic controller. "The couple later moved to Washington state, where he got a job with Horizon. "Two fighters jets pursued the plane, but he crashed in Puget Sound after "performing stunts in the air or due to a lack of flying skills", police said.The Pierce County Medical Examiner's Office confirmed Sunday that Mr Russell had died in the fiery wreckage, but whether the crash was deliberate or accidental was one of several topics remaining for investigators.Mr Russell, a 3 1/2-year Horizon employee, worked as a ground service agent. ""You think if I land this successfully Alaska will give me a job as a pilot?" "We consider ourselves bakery connoisseurs and have to try a new one every place we go. He said he “didn’t want to hurt anyone” and apologised to his family for what he was about to do.He told an air traffic controller: “I think I’m going to try and do a barrel roll, and if that goes good I’ll go nose down and call it a night”As a flight controller tried to persuade him to land, he wondered aloud about whether he had enough fuel to make it to the Olympics, talked of the beautiful view, and said he had a lot of people who cared about him, apologising for what he was doing. "This is a complete shock to us," they said in a statement read by a friend. play-icon Created with Sketch. "Americans suffered and died because of Richard Russell’s words and deeds."
""As the voice recordings show, Beebo's intent was not to harm anyone. he jokedHe also told the controller he "wasn't really planning on landing" the aircraft, and he described himself as "just a broken guy. He performed an unauthorized takeoff and two McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagle fighters were subsequently scrambled to intercept the aircraft. Richard "Beebo" Russell Jr. Sumner, Washington. On August 10, 2018, a Horizon Air Bombardier Dash 8 Q400 was stolen from Seattle–Tacoma International Airport (Sea–Tac) in SeaTac, Washington.The perpetrator, 29-year-old Richard Russell, was a Horizon Air ground service agent with no piloting experience. He was right in saying that there are so many people who have loved him," they said.“I feel really bad for Richard and for his family. His responsibilities included towing and pushing aircraft for take-off and gate approach, de-icing them, and handling baggage.Authorities said he used a tractor to rotate the plane 180 degrees, positioning it so that he could taxi towards a runwayThey said it's not clear whether he had ever taken flight lessons or used flight simulators, or where he gained the skills to take off.The plane did not require a key, but it did require buttons and switches to be activated in a particular order.Authorities sent fighter jets to escort him, and the controller repeatedly tried to direct him to runways.
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