Richard Russell
Perpetrator of 2018 Horizon Air Q400 incident
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| Intro | Perpetrator of 2018 Horizon Air Q400 incident | |
| A.K.A. | Richard Russell Rich Richard Beebo Richard “Beebo” Russell Beebo Russell | |
| A.K.A. | Richard Russell Rich Richard Beebo Richard “Beebo” Russell Beebo Russell | |
| Places | United States of America | |
| is | Engineer Aircraft mechanic | |
| Work field | Engineering Military | |
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| Birth | Key West, United States of America | |
| Death | 10 August 2018Ketron Island, United States of America |
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Biography
Richard Russell (1988/1989 – August 10, 2018) was an American aircraft mechanic. He worked for Horizon Airlines. On 10 August 2018, Russell flew without authorization a Q400 76 seat passenger jet and crashed it an hour later near Seattle. According to black box communication with airport controllers, Russell admited he did not know how to land the aircraft after taking off.
Aircraft Incident
On 11 August 2018, Russell who had worked for Horizon Air since 2015 as a mechanic took off in a passenger jet of his employers, saying he was 'a broken guy'. He flew the aircraft for one hour before crashing into into the forest near Seattle.