The guy was apparently a ground crew guy who worked for the airline at Seattle-Tacoma airport (Sea-Tac). He got into the airliner that way, started it up and took off. Luckily there were no passengers aboard.
He flew south from Sea-Tac, apparently passing over Tacoma. F-15 jets were scrambled from Portland and flew supersonic up to Tacoma to intercept the airliner. Air controllers ordered the guy flying the plane to land at Joint Base McChord, but he replied no way he was doing that, the military there would rough him up. Then he started doing aerobatics (in an airliner!) such as loops. With the jet intercepters nearby he apparently lost control and crashed into a tiny island.
No sign that it was terrorism. More of an elaborate suicide.
https://www.idahostatesman.com/news/nort...05205.html
http://www.foxnews.com/travel/2018/08/11...s-say.html
He flew south from Sea-Tac, apparently passing over Tacoma. F-15 jets were scrambled from Portland and flew supersonic up to Tacoma to intercept the airliner. Air controllers ordered the guy flying the plane to land at Joint Base McChord, but he replied no way he was doing that, the military there would rough him up. Then he started doing aerobatics (in an airliner!) such as loops. With the jet intercepters nearby he apparently lost control and crashed into a tiny island.
No sign that it was terrorism. More of an elaborate suicide.
https://www.idahostatesman.com/news/nort...05205.html
http://www.foxnews.com/travel/2018/08/11...s-say.html