The plane took off without permission and was immediately intercepted by scrambled fighter planes. The Q400 has crashed on Ketron Island.
The plane took off without permission and was immediately intercepted by scrambled fighter planes. The Q400 has crashed on Ketron Island.An Alaska Airlines Q400 that has been stolen and has crashed in the greater Seattle area. According to various reports, around 8 p.m. Pacific Time, an Alaska Airlines Bombardier Q400 operated by Horizon Air took off from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport without permission from Air Traffic Control.
After taking off, fighters jets were scrambled to intercept the rogue aircraft.
Within minutes of the plane’s takeoff, the military scrambled two F-15 jets from Portland to follow the plane authorities said. They pursued the aircraft before it went down on Ketron Island between Tacoma and Olympia.
F-15 ROCK41 informed BIGFOOT that they were supersonic for four minutes after departing Portland.
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Full record:
In a tweet, Alaska Airlines stated: “We are aware of an incident involving an unauthorized take-off of a Horizon Air Q400. We believe there are no passengers on board.
