local time horizon air ground service agent departed in a horizon air q400 without clearance from cpac airport, the plane was taken from position and not scheduled for passenger flight. the aircraft crashed about an hour later in a wooded area on catron island in rural peters county. no structures were involved at crash site. military jets were scrambled from portland but does not appear the jets were involved in the crash of the horizon aircraft and i really want to emphasize that we appreciate the military's professionalism. we are working closely with the authorities and our own safety teams to thoroughly understand this incident. now i will turn it over to mike. >> thank you, mr. beck and good morning, international airport wants to ensure that we are working with partners at ntsb, faa and partners in horizon and alaska air, immediately after learning of incident we worked with faa partners to institute ground stop that prevented departures until situation was stabilized, to clear air space arrivals continued and ended 2040, 8:40 p.m. local time when normal operations resumed. duri

it was a 3.5 year employee of horizon air. it was a ground service agent for horizon air.r the question you asked, he was background checked. a couple of different background checks we run our employees. he had a seat of badge with the seattle. he worked his shift yesterday. his job is to be around airplanes. he's certified, so meant to be. a non-secure side and a secure side. he's meant to be on the secure side. that's part of the fulfillment of his job responsibilities. >> this airplane was a cargo one. it's a spot on the north part of the airport. the airplane was not going to be used further last night and he did go up to there without sort of a purpose other than this, what he did do. we don't know. we don't have that information. yes, i will. >> the security now, this is something, the security regime at sea tac airport. there were certain spaces and he was authorized to be in the area he was. mike, do you want to talk about the way it's set up? >> certainly. the question i believe is whether there was an additional layer of security required and no, the individual t

local time, a mo horizon air ground service agent departed in a horizon air q-400 from sea-tac. the plane was taken from the maintenance position and was not scheduled for passenger flight. the aircraft crashed about an hour later in a wooded area on ketron island in rural pierce county. no ground structures were involved at the crash site. military jets were scrambled from portland, but it does not appear that the jets were involved in the crash of the horizon aircraft. and i really want to emphasize that we appreciate the military's professionalism. we're working closely with the authorities and our safety teams to thoroughly understand this incident is. i'll turn it over to mike. >> thank you, mr. beck. and good morning. sea-tac want to ensure that you know that we're working fully with our partners at the ntsb, the faa, tsa and certainly our strong partners at horizon and alaska air. immediately upon learning of the incident, we worked with our faa partners to institute a ground stop that prevented any departures from leaving sea-tac until the situation was stabilized. to cl

officials say the horizon air, aircraft crashed a short time later on an island in puget sound.ideo on social media shows the plane flying in circles over the water trailed by at least one fighter jet. the county sheriff said it was a 29-year-old airline mechanic that stole the plane. the mechanic was either doing stunts in the air or his lack of skills caused the crash. >> alaska airlines which operates horizon said they are aware of an incident involving an unauthorized takeoff of a -- in -- a horizon air airplane. >> the u.s. coast guard said it had rescue boats headed to the scene. at this point, we have no word on casualties on the plane or on the ground. >> stay with us for continuing coverage. we will bring you an update on the 11 pm news. >> there is controversy for at least one player sitting for the anthem.? we have lifting coverage now. it looks like marchand lynch is letting controversy sway his decision. >> reporter: he has artie's -- he has always said, marchand will be marchand. during the preseason, many players trying to make the team would rather not russell fe

here is, horizon air chief operating officer constance van mulen. >> good evening, i am the horizon air chief operating officer. i am sorry to share with you this evening that approximately 8:00 p.m. one of our q-400 airplanes made an unauthorized takeoff from sea-tac airport. we believe it was taken by a single horizon air employee and no other passengers or crew were on board. shortly thereafter, it crashed near ketron island by south tacoma. our hearts are with the family of the individual aboard as well as all of our alaska air and horizon air employees. we'll provide more information as it becomes available. >> analyst josh campbell joins us on the phone from corona island, california. josh, it seems fortunate, if we believe this story that indeed the mechanic is this was a suicide flight. the mechanic wanted to kill himself. if this is true. we are fortunate that the mechanic didn't have the intention to harm others. i was just discussing with one of our earlier guests, that german wings flight three years ago. where the pie lot was depressed. he had mental health issues. and he t

flames rose from the wreckage of horizon airplane on a wooded island today.fficials believe baggage handler richard russell died last night. russell worked at horizon over three years and had clearance to be around planes. alaska airlines owns horizon and the ceo pledged to prevent similar incidents. >> we pride ourselves in being a leader in safety, and we will be a leader on this issue. so we will be looking at it. but we're less than 24 hours after the incident. it's far too early to say what additional procedures we might implement. >> people on the ground captured video of the plane flying above them, while military jets chased it moments before last night's fiery crash. >>> three people have been arrested in charlottesville, virginia, as the city remembers the violent and deadly events from last year. demonstrators today marched through the downtown area remembering heather heyer, killed during a violent clash between protesters in what was billed as a unite the right rally. heyer was hit by a car. an ohio man has been charged with her death. >>> it's a

the turbo-prop plane was stolen by a suicidal mechanic from horizon air at the sea-tac airport and was doing stunts when it crashed about four hours ago. >> there's no indication there was any attempt to attack anybody or anything other than taking an airplane without permission, stealing an airplane and flying it around. apparently, the person had enough training, enough sense or whatever, to be able to maneuver it somewhat. this might have been a joy ride gone terribly wrong. >> authorities say two f-15 military jets chased the horizon airplane but they did not cause the plane to crash into flames on a small sparsely populated island in the puget sound. this is video apparently of the plane captured from the ground by local residents as it flew past. there are no reports of any casualties on the ground where the plane crashed or any damage. authorities have not identified the mechanic but say he's a 29-year-old male from pierce county, washington. just a short time ago the chief operating officer of horizon air posted a statement on youtube. >> i'm sorry to share with you this evenin

obviously -- >> horizon, horizon has their security process, all airlines have a security process. the airport has their processes they follow. there's cameras, i mean, you're monitored the whole time when you're there. how this guy was able to get the plane off the ground is astonishing. we're all going to be looking at this. it is a learning lesson. thank god nobody was injured except for him. learning lesson. this has to be a learning lesson. i don't know what the lesson is, i don't know how -- they're the professionals. but they do an amazing job. we've mazing workers. -- we have amazing workers. these workers, they work great, they're all about getting passengers safely on and off. you know, i don't know the answer to that. you know, if this is just a one off, and hopefully they can get the answer why he did this. >> all right. nick junka, i appreciate your perspective. we're thankful for the fact this person didn't appear to be inclined to hurt anyone other than himself, a tragic situation. there will be a ton of questions about what happened and how it could change protocols

a horizon airlines baggage handler. he'd passed background checks and had worked for horizon for 3 1/2 years, even posting about his job on youtube. >> and i'm a ground service agent. that means i lift a lot of bags. >> reporter: f-15 fighters scramble from portland, flying faster than the speed of sound intercepting russ sem south of seattle. they are prepared to shoot him down, as controllers try to talk him down. >> all right, rich, now, let's try to land that airplane safely and not hurt anybody on the ground. >> i don't know man, i don't know, i don't want to. i was kind of hoping that was going to be it. >> reporter: 75 minutes after takeoff, the plane crashes into flames on a small island. russell is killed. >> i got a lot of people that care about me and, uh, it's going to disappoint them that i did this. i would like to apologize to each and every one of them. >> reporter: commercial airplanes do not have door locks or ignition keys. experts say they can be easily started using a checklist. but tonight, there a

the "horizon air" turbo prop -- known as a q400 -- is a $32 million aircraft. the 76-seat plane took off from sea-tac at 7:32 pm. air traffic controllers lost contact with him at 8:47 pm. during that time, sea-tac, the country's ninth busiest airport, delayed 75 flights, diverted 9 flights to other airports, and five flights were cancelled. russell was killed when the plane crashed onto a remote island in the puget sound: >>> we came out by boat to see for ourselves what the crash site looks like on ketron island, but it is so thick with forest you can't see from the water that a plane even went down here. >> the doors in airplanes are not keyed like a car. >> reporter: executives from alaska airlines and horizon air struggled to explain saturday how the flight even got off the ground. >> we don't know how he was able to do that. we don't know how he learned to do that. jamie yuccas, cbs news, near ketron island, washington. >> quijano: in northern california the ranch fire today became the largest wildfire in california history. it has burned more than 282,000

we also know that he was a ground service agent with horizon air.ional airline that is based out of sea-tac. now, audio between the man, again, the name he uses for himself is rich. we don't know if that is his name or what his full name is and air traffic controllers show they tried to help him safely land for nearly an hour before he crashed. >> oh, man. those guys would rough me up if i tried to land in there. i think i might mess something up there, too. i wouldn't want to do that. oh, they probably have anti-aircraft. >> they don't have any of that stuff. we're just trying to find a place for you to land safely. >> let's bring back cnn transportation analyst and cnn military analyst lieutenant colonel rick francona. let me start with you and a question we left off at the top of the hour. we saw the fighting jets, the f-15s that were scrambled to follow and make sure this didn't head to a population area. what is the protocol? at what point would they have to take more aggressive action to protect people on the ground? >> they ramp up the level

. >> reporter: this amateur video, taken in washington state friday night, shows how the horizon air turbo prop plane -- known as a q400 -- inverts in mid-air, then drops down. it nearly hits the water. the 76 seat bombardier was stolen around 8 p.m. -- then piloted by a horizon airlines employee, richard russell -- whose job should have kept him on the ground. brad tilden is ceo of alaska air group: >> he worked his shift yesterday, we believe he was in uniform, his job is to be around airplanes. >> reporter: as the plane flew erratically, an air traffic controller referred to the man flying the plane as "rich." >> hey, yoin successfully, alaska will give me a job as a pilot? >> you know, i think they would give you a job doing anything if you could pull this off. >> damn it, andrew, people's lives are at stake here. >> now rich don't say stuff like that. >> nah i told u t say stuff like >> reporter: within minutes, two f-15 military fighter jets, scrambled from a base in portland, intercepted the plane. about an hour after it was stolen, the saga ended in a fiery crash. no passenge

the horizon air employee who stole the aircraft and later crashed it is dead.friends read a statement from the family saying, bibo, that's russell's nickname, was warm, kind and gentle. >> we are devastated by these events. and jesus is truly the only one holding this family together right now. without him we would be hopeless. as the voice recordings show, his intent was not to harm anyone. he was right in saying that there are so many people who have loved him. >> experts say yesterday's incident will likely prompt a major review of industry security measures. abc7 news reporter clayton sandell has the latest. >> oh, my god, oh, my god, is he okay? >> reporter: the alarming arrow bat i cans of a pang airline. >> holy [ bleep ]. holy [ bleep ], holy [ bleep ]. holy [ bleep ]. >> reporter: looping and rolling, pursued by fighter jets. >> [ bleep ] alaska airlines commuter air jet, what the [ bleep ] is he doing over here? >> reporter: proving there was no ordinary air show. the plane stolen, surprising controllers when it barged onto the runway taking off frida

a new horizon. for the increase thousands of live downtown there are municipal parking garages going down six stories. you can park yourself and pick it up yourself going home. and you will. going out of town on the new expressways part of the same master plan for pittsburgh. you can drive smoothly and safely out of the city now. and so you can say that the american road as it goes to pittsburgh is being opened up. it is being made free. in palo alto, you saw how public support can solve the problem of a dangerous and overloaded highway. in pittsburgh, it was downtown traffic congestion that was strangling a great metropolitan area. now let's look at what reaction did for boston. boston is the hub of a very complex highway system. in new england, all roads lead to boston. in boston has kept going. swallowing the towns around it. today it's metropolitan area extends over 42 cities and towns. with a population of 2 1/2 million. once country roads served the outline community adequately. overnight they

but then we heard him, horizon air ground service agent richard russell, age 29. >> hey, can this dotry a barrel roll and if that goes good, i'll go nose down and call it a night. >> no, let's try to land that airplane safely and not hurt anybody on the ground. >> all right. i don't know, man. i don't know. i don't want to. i was kind of hoping that was going to be it, you know. >> a troubled man who cleared background checks, and worked in a secured area of seattle's airport for three and a half years. >> hi, i'm bebo russell and i'm a ground service agent. >> a job he appeared to love in this video post. married to his college sweetheart, he posted pictures of their travel, a social media footprint and life devoid of signs of mental illness. >> i know a lot of people care about me. and it is going to disappoint them to hear that i did this. i would like to apologize to each and every one of them. just a broken guy, go gott a fe screws loose, i guess, never really knew it until now. >> may seem difficult to understand but bebo was a warm compassionate man. his intent was not to harm

only identified as a 29-year-old horizon air mechanic from pierce county, washington. this according to officials. we also just received some of the radio transitions from the tower. apparently the mechanic on that plane making some really dangerous stunts there, surprising that he could do it. let's listen. >> all right, rich. this is the captain. congratulations. you did that. now let's try to land that airplane safely and not hurt anybody on the ground. >> all right. i don't know, man. i don't know. i don't want to. i was kind of hoping that was going to be it, you know. >> in that clip you get a sense of the tone of this mechanic who stole that aircraft from sea-tac. we understand that military jets scrambled from portland, oregon during the incident, but it does not appear that these jets were involved in the crash itself. >> we still don't know how it crashed or why it crashed. he indicated that he was worried about fuel. the pierce county sheriff is also stressing this was not linked to terrorism. let's get more analysis now from a former accident investigator f

the mechanic h only been identified as a 29-year-old employee for horizon air.the man was recorded apparently speaking with a horizon air official during the flight. >> i've got a lot of peoplehat care about me. it's going to disappoint them to hear that i did this. ioould like apologize to each and every one of them. ju a broken guy, got a few screws loos i guess. never really knew it until now. s wow, that audio just coming into our nroom. all other flights were delayed or diverted for some time. f-15s from the air national guard chased the plan. a local sheriff says the mechan mechanic's lack of flying skills ultimately led to that crash. >> happening today, the class of 2022 is in the district. >> today is move-in day for howard university freshmen. i knowol a lot of are in town, kind of preparing for that. lauryn saying it's going to be a little warm, perhaps showers as n lks are starting that move process. >> can i tell you i remember that day? >> good for you. >> over a decade ago. >> we've got derrick ward and we'll check in with him a little later and w

as we can but there are lots of storm clouds on the horizon.but the with us. good to see you. good to have you too. stay with the bbc as we keep you up—to—date. goodbye for now. hello. wednesday starts with a bit of umbrella weather across some parts of the uk, but it should turn drier and sunnier for many of us as the day goes on. two weather systems to talk about early on. this one clipping parts of south—east england and east anglia, with either showers or some rain, could be some heavier bursts. and this one moving out of scotland and northern ireland, taking some increasingly light and patchy rain further south through england and wales. starting temperatures — double figures for england and wales, but something fresher for scotland and northern ireland. it is less humid behind this weather front, and there will be some sunshine around. a few showers pushing into north—west scotland, maybe along to the west of northern ireland. rain clears east anglia and the south—east lunchtime at the very latest, and then our weakening weather front tak

you'll love this to the new plan of what's needed here so in order when the fire department called horizon sort of core part of our coverage of the basically we're like look how do we get this good this very important machine basically the was allowing them to you nick a with all the other firefighters cord made responses and all that. suddenly it slowed down next to nothing they called drugs for the hey what do we need to do right well you need to upgrade your plan your unlimited plan you need great unlimited plan to a different unlimited plan from thirty seven ninety nine to ninety nine ninety nine with the first twenty gigabytes that's covered but every other gigabyte after about eight dollars a gigabyte because it's not unlimited exactly that's not unlimited i mean i've had my own problems with her husband over the years but i mean basics that's literally it's like it's not a bottomless cup of coffee if i only get three it's not unlimited data if there's a limit to the data but what i find most disturbing is that in a moment when you know that there are all of these things going on in

authorities say russell passed multiple background checks to work at horizon but did not have a pilot's license. >> commercial aircraft are complex machines, so i don't know how he achieved the experience that he did. >> reporter: russell was married, he worked for horizon three and a half years, posting about it on youtube. >> i'm a ground service agent. that means i lift a lot of bags. >> reporter: his neighbor spoke to him hours before his fatal flight and says he seemed well-adjusted. >> he wasn't a bad person. he's a loving, kind person. very nice. sad and shock. >> reporter: but authorities say russell was suicidal. he told controllers he was a broken man. >> i've got a lot of people that care about me, it's going to disappoint them. i would like to apologize to each and every one of them. just a broken guy. got a few screws loose, i guess. >> reporter: the ones who cared about him the most, his family, issuing this statement. >> we are stunned and heartbroken. bebo was a loving son and good friend. >> reporter: and airline officials say he was allowed to be around airplanes as pa

and qantas is flying high with record profits on the horizon — we will find out how the australian nationalrier is doing this while others struggle. it isa it is a thursday, everyone. good morning, asia. hello, world. welcome to this action packed edition of asia business report. i'm rico hizon. we start in trade and the escalation between the us and china, as of noon in beijing another $16 billion worth of us imports will be subject to tariffs, the same as the amount in chinese goods that will face tariffs in america. on the us list of items, 279 products mean in the mainland —— made in the mainland which will have 2596 in made in the mainland which will have 25% in import taxes including items like tractor equipment and parts used to make semiconductors and motorcycles. on the chinese side they are raising tariffs on coal from the us, medical instruments and ca i’s from the us, medical instruments and cars and buses made in america. this brings the value of goods facing ta riffs brings the value of goods facing tariffs in each country to 50 billion dollars us and in another $200 billion p

that means taking a much longer time horizon than we usually discuss on "mad money.y longer, i'm talking taking a 20, 30, 40, or even a 50-year view of course there is no such thing as a stock you can buy and hold for the next decade or two it doesn't work like that. i wish it were that easy it's not regular viewers know my mantra, it's buy and homework, not buy and hold which means no matter how confident you are in a company you need to keep checking up on it, make sure nothing has gone wrong with the story however, just because you can't pick a few stocks and ignore them for the next couple decades, you need to zoom out of it and when you start examining stocks over a multidecade time horizon, one thing becomes readily apparent if you know what you're doing, a bear market can simply be a different kind of opportunity. that's right when stocks are getting slammed, when they're getting hit everywhere you look, when it seems like the losses will be endless, when the shares of individual companies can't announce significant rallies in the face of incredibly positive n

the horizon airline coo shared this statement. >> we believe it was taken by a single horizon air employee and that no other passengers or crew were onboard. shortly thereafter it crashed near ketron island by south tacoma. our hearts are with the family of the individual aboard as well as all our alaska air and horizon air employees. >> officials say the pilot was a 29-year-old man from pierce county washington. nobody else was involved. >>> weigh have some developing news in solano county, firefighters continue to battle the nelson fire. it started just before 5:00 yesterday afternoon near fairfield. 1,000 acres have burned and it is 10% contained. nbc news reporter cornell bernard has more. >> a wall of flames raced down a home in fairfield. firefighters made a stand confronting the fire before hancock drive. >> i did everything all i could do. >> the homeowner got his family to safety when mandatory evacuation orders came out. >> everybody is out and everybody is gone. we're not too far from us here. >> tell me why? >> this is my house. this is where i'm going to raise my kids. this is

say an airline employee took the aircraft without permission it's believed no passengers from the horizon q four hundred but it went down. on island. now the syrian army is threatening a major assault on the last remaining rebel held province and the strikes killed at least eight people on friday leaflets of also being dropped warning people to accept government draw and russian forces in syria say they've shot down to rebel drones they say air defenses were deployed at the him base in the taqiyya province there are casualties or damages were reported it follows a syrian state t.v. report that israeli drone was also shot down the damascus. people living in the semi autonomous kurdish region of northern iraq all struggling a weak economy before the battle to push out iceland twenty fourteen the economy was growing there were high hopes for a surge in foreign investment as the tashi going to report. things are improving but people say not fast enough. the story of flight or below is one shared by many here creating a first regional airline in northern iraq became a dream deferred. the war t

the man who stole the plane was a grounds crew worker with horizon airlines. he died in the crash was the only person on board. >>> the pentagon says u.s. special forces soldier has been killed in afghanistan. a 36-year-old sergeant was on patrol last tuesday when he was wounded by a roadside bomb. he died on sunday. the attack happened as taliban forces are engaged in a fierce battle to the northeast. >>> afghan officials say 120 afghan security forces have been killed there along with nearly 200 insurgents. the u.s. carried out airstrikes to try to push the taliban out of the city. the u.s. has recently increased their strength to more than 14,000. >>> florida's controversy and stand your ground law is being challenged. they will charge a man with manslaughter for deadly shooting outside of the convenience store. a man is accused of killing another over a fight over a disabled parking spot last month. the victim pushed the suspect to the ground. he sits up, fires his gun, and killed the victim. the stand your ground law allows people to use deadly force if t

had already purchased santa clara county fire chief anthony bowden said in a statement quote while horizon ultimately did lift the throttle and it was only after the county fire department subscribed to a new more expensive plan the gratuitous greed came to light as a result of a lawsuit filed this week by public officials including twenty two states attorneys general which seek to restore net neutrality policy is that would have prevented this borderline extortion but have eliminated been eliminated by chairman ajah high and the us federal communications commission. and turning from wildfires to hurricanes and rising sea levels it looks as if there's an unusual suspect it's knowledge ing the threat of climate change to coastal infrastructure it's big oil as the associated press reports the state of texas is seeking more than twelve billion dollars worth of refinancing or financing rather for a sixty mile stretch of seawall seawalls along the gulf coast to protect thirty petrochemical processing plants and refineries that produce greenhouse gases fueling stronger hurricanes one year ago. h

investigators believe richard russell, the horizon air employee who stole the aircraft and later crasheded it is dead. one of his friends who had a statement for the family, that statement says, russell was warm, kind, and gentle. >> we are devastated by these events. and jesus is truly the only one holding this family together right now. without him, we would be hopeless. as the voice recordings show, his intent was not to harm anyone. he was right in saying that there are so many people who have loved him. >> experts say that friday's incident will likely prompt major review of industry security measures. >>> united airlines is apologizing to passengers for flight delays it blames on a problem with one of the computer systems. abc 7 news was inside terminal three at san francisco international airport yesterdayw r wo. were several hours long. sfo is a major hub for united. the airline says a slowdown of the system that provides information to pilots before flights depart is what caused that issue. >>> work is resuming on the twin peeks tunnel project in san francisco following the death

employee took the aircraft without permission it's thought nine passengers they were on board the horizon air q four hundred we'll go live now to the location of that plane crash where. the local sheriff is holding a news conference just listen to him. all over the water so there's no one to go through was a terrorist and attempt to attack this might have been a joyride gone terribly. wrong. here. i think it's funny was it. and we know. it. apparently was a man and i don't have further information got my people downtown checking on it working with the airport and checking on it but i don't have that at the scene right now but it was there any case. there wasn't with the sheriff's office i know that whether there was with sea-tac or other airports in the area or j.p.l. am i don't. know. we got it right there were five are going to be where we're starting really are two more questions for you and then oh let's get up and to free to jump in if you need to search. so. we did the scene there can you just describe what you have heard about what it looks like i mean all i have is there's a fire

in the end, we can stretch the horizon. we can support jobs and activity, but up to a limit.ve to make those judgments at that time. shery: from more, we are joined by stephanie flanders. she recently also spoke with the governor. tell us about his thinking in going through with this rate hike. >> we had a lot of debate today on how that rate hike will be affected by the brexit dynamic. they are facing an economy that could be negatively affected by brexit. at the same time, there is not a lot of spare capacity. inflation. much wage we have a sense that we have been many years in this recovery and it is probably time to have a bit of a tightening. it seems like it is difficult to make that call when you could have the economy seriously negatively affected next year if you had a hard brexit, no deal with the europeans in exiting the eu. shery: did we get insight on the neutral rate and the timing? >> loads of insight on the long-term neutral rate. interest farate of out in time, where all of these unusual factors we have had in the global economy has gone away. mark carney was

it was a ground service agent for horizon air. to answer the question that you asked, he was a background check. there was a couple of different criminal background checks we run on our employees. he had a seated badge with the port of seattle. he worked his shift yesterday. we believe he was in uniform. his job is to be around airplanes, as he's certified and he's meant to be on the, airports have a non-secure side and a secure side. he's meant to be on the secure side. that's part of the fulfillment of his job responsibility. >> reporter: right now, the authorities said he was the only one in the airplane but that's not been officially confirmed as of now. in terms of where we go from here, there's a lot of questions how this person who seemingly had no fliying experience was able to get that aircraft airborne. he played a lot of video games. maybe that gave him the wherewithal to do this but still, so many questions as to how he got that airplane in the sky. >> we'll try to get those answers. experts to understand more about th

investigators say richard russell is the horizon air employee who stole the aircraft and later crashed it killing himself. one of his friends read a statement from the family. that statement says, "bebo, russell's nickname, was warm, kind, and gentle." >> we are devastated by these events and jesus is truly the only one holding this family together right now. without him, we would be hopeless. as the voice recordings show, his intent was not to harm anyone. he was right in saying that there are so many people who have loved him. >> federal investigators are now in seattle trying to determine how russell gained access to that plane. experts say the industry will likely prompt a major review of industry security measures. >>> united airlines is apologizing to passengers for flight delays it blames on a problem with one of its computer systems. abc 7 news was inside terminal three at san francisco international airport yesterday where passengers were waiting for word on when their flights would leave. some delays were several hours long. sfo happens to be a major hub for united. the airli

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the horizon air line coo shared this statement. >> we believe it was taken by a single horizon air employee and that no other passengers or crew were onboard. shortly thereafter it crashed near ketron island by south tacoma. our hearts are with the family of the individual aboard as well as all our alaska air and horizon air employees. >> officials say the pilot was a 29-year-old man from pearce county, washington. nobody else was involved. >>> developing news in solano county. firefighters continue to battle the nelson fire. it started just before 5:00 yesterday afternoon near fairfield, 1,000 acres have burned and it's 10% contained. abc 7 news reporter cornell bernard has more. >> a wall of flames raced down a hillside in the gold ridge neighborhood of fairfield. firefighters made a stand, confronting the fire before it crossed hancock drive. >> all my sprinklers are on, front and back. i did everything i could do. >> homeowner ellis dozier got his family out. >> everybody is out, and the wife is not too far from us now. >> awaiting news. >> this is my house. this is where i'm going to r

the horizon airlines coo shared this statement. >> we believe it was taken by a single horizon air employee and that no other passengers or crew were onboard. shortly thereafter it crashed near ketron island by south tacoma. our hearts are with the family of the individual aboard as well as all our alaska air and horizon air officials say the pa 29-year-old man from pierce county, washington. nobody else was involved. >>> developing news in solano county. firefighters continue battling the nelson fire. it just before 5:00 near fairfield. 1,000 acres have burned and it is now 70% contained and abc 7 news reporter cornell bernard has more. >> a wall of flames raced down a hillside surrounding homes in the gold ridge neighborhood of fairfield. firefighters made a stand, confronting the fire before it crossed hancock drive. >> all my sprinklers are on, front and back. i did everything that i could do. >> homeownerelis dozier got his family to safety when mandatory evacuation orders came down. >> everybody is out and everybody is gone. the fire is not too far from us now. >> you're nstaying. >>

the devices should provide some clues about what was going on inside the cockpit of that horizon air. he stole the plane and flew it around puget sound for more than an hour. he made wild loops before the plane crashed into an island. and people who knew russell are stunned. >> you could tell he was in pain, kind of seemed a little delusional, and i was just shocked to see that someone who was so nice and so helpful and caring -- actually, he cared about his job to do such a thing. >> authorities are trying to confirm recovered human remains are russell. he was a ground service worker for horizon air and did not have a pilot's license. >>> there may be a new job hunting app, tinder. after the break how some people are using dating apps to find work. >>> and there's some haze in the east bay valleys. you can see it in this live shot. i'll let you know what kind of air at at&t, we believe in access. the opportunity for everyone to explore a digital world. connecting with the things that matter most. and because nothing keeps us more connected than the internet, we've created access from

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we don't see anything on the horizon now that is going to change our policy. fed kind of is telling people steady as she goes for now while we watch to see what happened. as we look at the progress of interest rates, we have to hear and the bank of japan pushing down on rates. how much of a cross wind is the yield curve? we have had a lot of talk about it. we expect the fomc had discussions? >> we will watch to see what the discussion was. no doubt they are going to be talking about it. to don't know what is going pay that over into that. , canse of these crosswinds they make a policy mistake, yes. does that argue for more caution? does it get them to stop earlier , that is the real question. understand theu yield curve that could continue to flatten? at the moment we are not treating it as a serious recessionary risk. bright as many times as it is wrong predicting recessions. u.s. economy will continue to grow, looking on the horizon as to places in the u.s. economy you could flatten. the negative data we are seeing from the u.s. economy, that may be a supply

we heard a short time ago from the chief operating officer for horizon air. here's her statement. >> good evening, i'm constance the horizon chief operating officer. i'm sorry to share with you this evening at approximately 8:00 p.m. one of our q-4 airplanes made an unauthorized takeoff from seatec airport. we believe it was made by an employee and no other passengers or crew were onboard. shortly therefore it crashed by south tacoma. our hearts are with the family of the individual aboard, as well all our alaskan air employees. we will provide more information as it becomes available. >> military jets, we understand, scrambled from portland, oregon, to the incident. they were flying really fast to get there. the jets were not involved in the crash itself. >> we have with us now an eyewitness on the phone from tacoma, washington. and you were on a golf course when you saw this plane flying around. tell us about it. >> i was jogging for about ten minutes and i looked up and i thought this plane was too low. i thought it was coming from a local airport, but it

but what if the horizon was moving up and down when the sun was obscured by clouds and how above all could the degree of longer be determining an. exact knowledge of the heavens it was thought to provide a solution to the long beach huge problem. the first astronomer to end a service with a king in the navy was john flamsteed night after night for more than forty years he studied the stars in the sky over grant which flamsteed recorded his observations in a unique book his atlas less disease was the most precise astronomical one of his death but he too was unable to provide a definitive solution to the problem of determining wrong if you did sing. what was a captain to do on cloudy nights how could he fix his position on days when the moon was changing. the longest you problem was to puzzle the seafaring nations for almost another hundred years today the age of satellite navigation night after night a laser beam serves as a reminder of the prime meridian which is an imaginary line that circles the globe from greenwich. queen's house is the oldest building in greenwich park commission

after what's being called an unauthorized take off from horizon air owned by the alaska air group. the company's coo says the aircraft was taken by a single horizon employee and no passengers on board. the man was a 29-year-old ground service agent. what happened next is a bizarre display in the sky. the agent was in touch with air traffic controller and performed stunts in the plane. they tried to talk him down to a safe landing. >> congratulations -- let's try to land that plane safely and not hurt anybody on the ground. >> i don't know, man sm-- i don want to, i was hoping that was going to be it. >> air national guard jets scrambled. fire pilots flew alongside the aircraft and did whatever it needs to do. in the end, the man flying the stolen plane crashed. >> flaming debris on a near by island. the plane literally at that moment was flying right over our deck and right behind us, we have never seen a plane that low over our deck before. and shortly there after we saw a giant plume of black smoke out in a distance. >> we got more audio where the man talked about what he was try

elisa: they said the biggest concerns on the horizon would be . not necessarily, i think.tential market reaction to the event and the potential to hit the economy, which is somewhat of an unknown. this is clearly an untested set of circumstances leaving the u.k. exposed, you will be a are u.k. if you exposed, you will be a mirror of the economy. matt: elisa martinuzzi and tim craighead, wrapping up earning season for us. thanks for joining us. next, the cfo of swiss read -- re, this is bloomberg. guy: 8:40 4, 44 minutes into the trading session in london. 9:44 around the continent. we are monitoring stocks on the move. we continue to monitor the currency markets. the chinese currency potentially hit an eight-week down. we are trading at 6.88. i think we had a 6.9 handle earlier on. we continue to chime -- monitor the weakness. thatlked about the fact chinese might weaponize their currency. it looks like they have done it, honestly. matt: indeed, and it looks like that was planned. re looking at a public offering, dubbed reassure as switzerland's largest reinsurer looks for

he worked for horizon 3 1/2 years, posting about his job on youtube. >> i'm a ground service agent. that means i lift a lot of bags. >> reporter: neighbor elizabeth jibson spoke to russell just hours before his fatal flight and says he seemed well adjusted. >> he wasn't a bad person. he's a loving, kind person, very nice. sad and shocking. >> reporter: but authorities say russell was suicidal. he told controllers he was a broken man. >> i've got a lot of people that care about me and it's going to disappoint them that i did this. i would like to apologize to each and every one of them. i'm just a broken guy, got a few screws loose i guess. >> reporter: the ones who cared about him the most, his family, now heartbroken, issuing this statement overnight. >> we are stunned and heartbroken. he was a warm, compassionate man. he was a faithful husband, a loving son, and a good friend. >> reporter: airline officials say of course russell was allowed to be around planes as part of his job, but they say will be taking a look at whether security procedures need to be changed. whit. >> all rig

officers helped an spca shelter north of san francisco with smoke and flames on the horizon.we are happy to report all 60 animals are safe in foster homes tonight. >> we will take another break. when we come back, from bullets to bracelets. the jewelry maker on a mission to inspire america. that's coming up next. neighbor. from kicking down doors to carjackings. the bold action neighbors are taking to fight back against crime. plus, how your fax machine may be exposing every computer in your office to hackers. next. right now at 6: tell you about a unique way of getting illegal guns off our streets. we meet a jewelry maker who is making sure they are turned into symbols of beauty, hope, and peace. >> a heavy police presence. >> reporter: it happens. >> triple shooting in south miami-dade. >> reporter: every single day. >> another injured after a shooting outside a home. >> reporter: on average 96 lives lost across the country. it's turned jessica in an unlikely arms dealer, turning them into jewelry. are you offended if someone calls you a gun dealer? >> i do buy guns. i don'

. >> reporter: the 76 seat turbo prop is owned by horizon air. the company said russell was 3 1/2 fence and so no security violations were committed. >> i've got a lot of people that care about me. and it's gonna disappoint them. to hear that i did this. i would like to apologize to each and every one of them. just a broken guy, got a few screws loose, i guess. >> reporter: he was followed by a pair of f-15s, scrambled from portland, oregon. the plane was running low on fuel. >> hey, you think if i land this successfully, alaska will give me a job as a pilot? >> reporter: the plane crashed on a small island about 30 miles from the airport. aviation experts say getting a large plane like this in the air is no easy task. >> starting a turbin engine airplane is not like starting your car. it's a complex process. >> reporter: airline security expert jeff price says airlines might need to further restrict access to planes. >> there might need to be a procedure in place where if you're not a pilot or flight attendant, you're not allowed on the plane un

i played some video games before. >> reporter: officials say a ground service agent employed by horizon, part of alaskan airlines, somehow stole this turbo-prop aircraft with 76 seats. he was then able to take off, flying for 15 minutes before that fiery crash. >> that is not a drone. that is a real plane. >> reporter: stunned onlookers watched as the pilot attempted stunts in the air. >> did a loop-de-loop. >> reporter: fighter jets scrambled to get by his side. the whole time air traffic control, in contact with the pilot, tried to coax him down. >> we're trying to find a place for you to land safely. >> reporter: the man apparently suicidal. >> i've got a lot of people that care about me, and it's going to disappoint them to hear that i did this. >> there's no indication that there was any -- an attempt to attack anybody or anything other than taking an airplane without permission, stealing an airplane, and flying it around. >> just a broken guy. got a few screws loose, i guess. never really knew it until now. >> reporter: moments later, a huge plume of black smoke rose from ketron i

he had worked for horizon air for three 1/2 years. this is from his linkedin page. i had a chance to talk with national security analyst and she told me that as sad and strange as this crash was, there is an up side of the things that there supposed to happen in anemergency like this worked well. >> part of what airport security to imagine that something bad happens because you can't predict anything and have the crisis management communications plans just uncase. so fighter jets were deployed within one minute. alerting this was not terrorism. the airline and airport were really aggressive on communications. and just look at the training clearly from that -- from between the ground control and the pilot. they made sure that the pilot who really did come to know that he was going to die did not harm anyone else. so in some ways you look at security planning this. did after the thing happens, did the system get into place to protect more people? and this is a horrible story but no one else was hurt. >> here with us right new commercial airline captain flying the boei