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2018-08-11 -Lurid Crime Tales-

Airliner stolen at Sea-Tac crashes after unauthorized takeoff

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Posted by Anguper Hupomosing9418 2018-08-11 01:33|| || Front Page|| [11132 views ] Top

#1 ...doing stunts in air or lack of flying skills caused crash into Island."

Could have been the AIM-120B AMRAAM option.

Posted by Besoeker 2018-08-11 03:06|| 2018-08-11 03:06|| Front Page Top

#2 the plane, which was steered away from Seattle and Tacoma by air traffic control

Curious phrasing.

Posted by Skidmark 2018-08-11 08:12|| 2018-08-11 08:12|| Front Page Top

#3 The sheriff said this was not a terrorist incident.

"You can't fix stupid"

Posted by Frank G 2018-08-11 08:17|| 2018-08-11 08:17|| Front Page Top

Posted by Anomolous Sources 2018-08-11 10:52|| 2018-08-11 10:52|| Front Page Top

#5 Noticed that the gear was retracted in the pix's accompanying the various stories. I suspect "Rick" had some chair-flying as well as taxi-observing experience.

IMHO, better story here.

Posted by Anomolous Sources 2018-08-11 13:03|| 2018-08-11 13:03|| Front Page Top

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