FBI: Stolen Commercial Airplane Crash Was Intentional

by Katie Herzog DAVE ALAN/GETTY IMAGES
The FBI's investigation into the theft of a Horizon Airlines plane from SeaTac International Airport on August 10 has concluded.
Richard "Beebo" Russell, a 28-year-old baggage handler for Horizon, a subsidiary of Alaska Airlines, stole a Horizon Air Bombardier Dash 8 Q400 from the airport, took it for a spin, and ultimately crashed on a sparsely populated island in Puget Sound. According to the FBI's investigation, the crash was intentional. "If the pilot h