Man who stole passenger plane acted alone; motivate a

SEATTLE –

The FBI has completed its investigation of an incident on a plane at Sea-Tac Airport and took it on a wild, 75-minute flight before crashing on a small island in Pierce County, Washington.

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The investigation concluded that 28-year-old Richard Russell of Sumner, a Horizon ground crew employee at Sea-Tac, intentionally crashed the plane on Ketron Island Aug. 10. Russell was killed in the crash, and the Pierce County Medical Examiner's office determined the manner of death was suicide.

"I think I'm going to do a barrel roll, and if that goes well I'll go nose down and call it a night," Russell said from the cockpit, according to a recording of his conversation with an air traffic controller.

"If the pilot had wanted to avoid the impact of the earthquake," said the FBI report said.

The report also states that agents never found a clear motivation for theft.

The investigation has been made that the phone has not been broadcast on the radio and has not been broadcast on the radio.

KIRO-TV spoke with Russell's friend and train co-worker, Robert Reeves, who said Russell was a hard worker who loved aviation, but he admits Russell was unhappy with his pay.

"He was working on the horizon, he was working at Horizon longer than I did, and he was still making $ 15 an hour," Reeves said.

During the flight he told the air traffic controller he was not really planning on landing the aircraft, and he described himself as "just a broken guy." "

Russell's background, possible stressors, and personal life, no element provided for Russell's actions, "the report said.

"Interviews with work colleagues, friends, and family-and review of text messages exchanged with Russell during the incident-did not identify any information that would suggest the theft of the aircraft" .

The FBI found Russell was familiar with the checklist for starting the internet. Agents say they found no evidence, he had any pilot training, formal or informal, and that he acted alone.

"Extensive investigative activity failed to reveal any additional subject (s) involved in the planning or execution of the unauthorized flight."