
A HORIZON AIR AIRPLANE STOLEN
OUTSIDE OF SEATTLE.
A PLANE HAS CRASHED ON A NEARBY
ISLAND.
CRASHING ON AN ISLAND JEFF
NGUYEN HAS MORE FROM THE
NEWSROOM.
THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT SAYS
IT WAS A MECHANIC FROM AN
UNKNOWN AIRLINE THAT TOOK OFF
WITH THAT PLANE.
THIS IS A LOOK AT THE CRASH
SCENE ON THE ISLAND FROM OUR CBS
AFFILIATE IN SEATTLE.
IT APPEARS THAT THE PLANE CAUGHT
FIRE AFTER THEY HIT THE GROUND.
A 29-YEAR-OLD MAN TOOK THE
PLANE, INVESTIGATORS SAY THAT
THE MAN WAS SUICIDAL.
AT THIS POINT THEY DO NOT
BELIEVE THAT IT WAS A TERRORIST
INCIDENT.
THE INVESTIGATORS SAY THAT HE
WAS EITHER DOING STUNTS OR DID
NOT KNOW HOW TO FLY THE PLANE
WHICH COST IT TO SLAM INTO THE
ISLAND.
RIGHT NOW WE HAVE VIDEO CAUGHT
BY WITNESSES MOMENTS BEFORE THE
CRASH TOOK PLACE.
THAT IS NOT A DRONE, THAT IS
A REAL PLANE.
INTERESTED A LOOP.
THAT IS A FIGHTER JET.
A PLUME OF SMOKE COULD BE
SEEN RISING AFTER THE CRASH.
TWO MILITARY JETS WERE CHASING
THE PLANE, BUT THE SHERIFF'S
DEPARTMENT SAYS THAT THEY WERE
NOT INVOLVED IN THE CRASH.
WHAT THE PERSON SAW.
EARLIER THIS
ALASKA AIRLINES PLANE FLYING
OVER UNIVERSITY PLACE.
PROBABLY LESS THAN A THOUSAND
FEET OFF OF THE DECK.
NO SOONER THAN THAT I SAW TWO OF
THEM SCRAMBLING.
PROBABLY ON A SURVEILLANCE,
FLYING REALLY HIGH SO THEY COULD
SEE IT.
AND THEN THEY DID A CIRCLE
AROUND UNIVERSITY PLACE AND CAME
BACK OVER BY THE HIGH SCHOOL AND
FLEW WEST OVER THE SOUND IN THE
GIVE AND CHASE.
ONE WAS LOW AND ONE WAS HIGH AND
THEN THEY FOLLOWED IT AROUND.
I COULD NOT SEE ANYMORE
CONTINUED ON THE WALK AND THEN
WE HEARD IN THE DISTANCE THIS
PROP PLANE TURNING REALLY HARD,
LOUD NOISES LIKE IT WAS LOW OVER
THE GROUND.
YOU COULD HEAR WHERE WAS BEHIND
THE TREES DOWN BELOW.
WE WANT TO SHOW YOU THAT THIS
IS A TYPE OF PLANE THAT WAS
STOLEN.
IT IS OPERATED BY ALASKA
AIRLINES AND THEY STOPPED ALL
DEPARTING FLIGHTS WERE ABOUT 45
MINUTES AND THE PLANE WAS IN THE
AIR, SEVERAL OTHER PASSENGERS
FROM OTHER AIRCRAFT STARTED
TWEETED PICTURES ON THE TARMAC.
NO ARRIVAL FLIGHTS AFFECTED
EARLIER.
EARLIER THIS EVENING FROM A
VERIFIED TWITTER ACCOUNT.
ALASKA AIRLINES SAID THAT WE ARE
AWARE OF AN INCIDENT INVOLVING
AN UNAUTHORIZED TAKEOFF OF A
HORIZON AIR PLANE.
WE BELIEVE THERE ARE NO
PASSENGERS ON BOARD.
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