according to the sheriff's twitter account, the stolen plane crashed into ketron island. it's believed the mechanic's lack of flying skills caused the crash. so hold on. if this is to be believed, and this comes from the pierce county sheriff's office, this is somebody who doesn't know how to fly and who steals a plane? >> well, you know, as we mentioned earlier, i can tell from my own experience having taken minimal flying lessons in the past, i mean, the focus was always on landing. it's easier to take off an aircraft, to take off than it is to actually bring one to a halt, to turn an airborne vehicle to a ground one. that's the most dangerous part. we can't get into his or her head. but someone who knew their way around an airport, who was able to at least understand generally the physics that were involved, manipulating the controls to get the aircraft down the runway and up, that's something that would be a lot easier than to bring it back to the ground. what i was saying earlier, we don't know if the air traffic control was actually in communication with the pilot o

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 threw everybody on the plane. 150 people total in the plane into the side of a mountain. and killed everybody. this clearly was not the case here. you nailed it. look at the video. see acrobatics. see strange maneuvering this person was doing in the aircr t aircraft. this could have been worse. we dodged a bullet. think what could have tragical

now there are still fire crews heading to that site on ketron island. we will bring you the latest when we get them. >>> we sent a breaking news alert the moment the story broke. you can sign up for our breaking news alert at nbcbayarea.com and three our app. n>> emergency crews rushed to a after a worker was severely injured. firefighters say the by a steel. >>> $289 million verdict all over an item you might have in your garage. monsanto, the company that manufactures roundup weed killer. nbc bay area jean elliott with more. >> reporter: the verdict that was reached here sends a clear message to companies that profit over people's health won't be tolerated. it is most likely looking to settle this indicate and thousands of other cases similar in the pipeline. >> hopefully this thing will get the attention it dangers are fiy sued rounds monsanto. today a jury decided monsanto new the chemicals were dangerous and didn't warn users. the vice president of monsantos says the jury got it wrong. >> it doesn't change the overwhelming evidence. >> reporter: le

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 acres and is part of what's called "the mendocino complex" fires. in southern california, firefighters continue to battle the holy fire - named after the canyon where it started. jonathan vigliotti is there. >> reporter: elaine. all along firefighters have told us there's only so much they can do. ultimately, the fate of this fire is in the hands of mother nature. and take a lk at the path those flames took. as high winds brought those flames right through the valley ripping through all this brush and vehicles before abruptly ndreds of hoin its the past few days we watched helicopters and planes douse homes with water and flame retardant with amazing effect. winds have died down giving firefighters the upper hand.ù ad relowing evaes t last night, the red cross handed out face masks and garbage bags to homeowners. and the first day of school has been pushed back a week because of poor air qual

just about a mile behind me is ketron island.'s still dark here. there's no glow from a fire, and that's a good sign. when you look at the size of this island, it's quite small. about 20 people. very remote. you've got to take a ferry over there. there are just a couple a day. throughout this region, it's laced with a network of military installations, army, air force, navy, as well. that poses some real risks and highlights what a danger this could have been. this morning, a lot of questions on just how this could happen at one of the country's busiest airports. >> it was good to see the fighter jets scramble so quickly. hans nichols in washington state. thank you. >>> let's turn to another big story this weekend -- the state of emergency in charlottesville, virginia. the city is on lockdown ahead of the one-year anniversary of those deadly white nationalist protests. all permits were denied for any protests this weekend. nbc's maya rodriguez is there with more. good morning. >> reporter: hey, good morning. yes, unite the right

moments later the plane crashed into ketron island where less than two dozen people live. the sheriff's department says the plane was not shot down and that the pilot was the only person on board. >> there was no indication there was an 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. >> that person did perish in the crash. the fbi is investigating. the sheriff's office says this is not a terrorist incident. >>> back here in the bay area a construction worker was severely injured when he was hit by a steel beam. this happened in san francisco. emergency crews rushed to save him just after 4:30 p.m. yesterday on west portal on that side of muniese twin peaks tunnel. the worker had to be rushed to a trauma center. no word yet on his condition. >>> to a landmark $289 million verdict all over an item you might have in your garage. monsanto, the company that manufactures roundup weed killer must

again, that suspect believed to be the only person on the plane, which crashed in that wooded area on ketron island. authorities are all on the scene and investigations will begin. we appreciate you both so much. thank you for being here. they're going to stick with us here as we have more to discuss, of course. >>> we also have more to listen to with you here. the audio from inside the cockpit of that plane where this man talked about what he was trying to do. >> trying to do a barrel roll and if that goes good, i'm going to nose down and call it a night. >> john waldron was taking a walk when he looked up and saw the planes. he recorded that video and we spoke with him last hour and he said he knew something was wrong. >> out of no where, the guy that was flying this q400 just pulled the stick back and put this thing into a complete loop and i honestly thought he was going to stall and hit the water. he headed down to where he eventually crashed at and pulled the nose back up, again. i thought he was going to stall, again. and he made his way down and i looked, again, he was in a nose dive

it went down on ketron island, southwest of seattle.is van cleave is in our washington, d.c., bureau with more. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. it happens when a 29-year-old employee who worked on the grounds stole one of the regional carriers sea-tac airport. it was not in service at the time. instead it was parked in a maintenance location. the man took off and flew for about an hour. he was not an experienced pilot and it became very clear he was not going to land the plane. he proceeded to roll the airplane, losing kroesh and crashing into a sparsely populated ketron island. they believe he was the only one u onboard the plane and did not survive the crash. the fbi will lead this investigation for now. so fair they have not'd feed the man twho took to the new investigation. roger stone was held in contempt after intentionally refusing to testify before a washington grand jury on friday. miller's attorney is questioning the constitutionality of the whole investigation. >> it's billionaire a week of major political developmen

after flying erratically, the plane crashed in ketron islands, some 80 km south of the airport.peared the man was suicidal. andy moore reports. what the hell? the stolen plane was filmed by shocked witnesses flying low over the islands of puget sound. oh, my god. what is happening right now? ok, but why has it gotjets? it was pursued by at least two f—15 military jets. the authorities said those aircraft escorted the plane out of harm's way but were not instrumental in bringing it down. what the hell is this guy doing? whilst he was performing aerobatic manoeuvres, the 29—year—old man at the controls was talking to air traffic control. the man piloting the plane said he would perform a last barrel roll and then call it a night. he crashed into a sparsely populated island, causing this fire. there was the loud boom, and i looked at her and said, "what, did they drop a bomb over there?" and that really must have been it. our information now is that there was only one person on the plane, and that was the person flying the plane. there is no indication that this person who was flyi

right behind mut a mile away is ketron island. that's where the plane crashed. it was a fiery scene. a lot of questions tonight about just how this happe ad what security measures might be put in placeo make sure it doesn't happen again. smoke rising overnight from a small remote island o the coast of seattle after a hijacked horizon airlines plane slammed into t ground. this after a wild scene in the >> hey, you think about landing this successfully? give me a job as a pilot? >>. >> reporter: jovial and strange mords from a man who had stolen an airplane f the sea-tac airport. >> what the [ bleep ] is he doing over here? >> flying around, and -- >> what is happening right now? >> he needs help controlling hit airc >> no, i mean, i don't need that much help. i played some video games before. orter: officials say a ground service agent employed by horizon, part of alaskan airlines, somehow stole this urbo-prop aircraft with 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

. >> the ntsb says the plane landed upside down in a heavily wooded area on ketron island and broke into many pieces. russell was killed in the crash. >>> nbc bay area.com, you can find it by clicking under the u.s. and world section for continuing coverage. you'll find more cell phone video and tweets from the people on the ground. >>> new at 6:00 a small plane crash in the north bay. chp says it happened while the pilot was trying to land at the napa county airport this morning, and you can see it ended up nose to the ground to the left of the runway. there were two people on board. neither of them is hurt. no word tonight on what caused that crash. >>> the grand opening of san francisco's new salesforce tower ctansit center a thousands of visitors. as it turns out, that's quite a bit more than it could handle. people had to be turned away because that roof top park was just too full. nbc bay area sergiocantana live at the hottest attraction in town. certain sergio. >> unfortunately, not even we were able to get up there. it was just so busy when we arrived. unfortunately, the roof top

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the wreckage is about 40 miles southwest of the airport, on the isolated ketron island off the southern part of washington's puget sound. debra eckrote is with the ntsb: >> we're lucky that it went on a very unpopulated island. it's actually on the island and not in the puget sound. that would have made it a lot more difficult. >> reporter: the brazen act has raised serious security concerns. >> how did he learn to fly this thing? how did he learn to start the engines? >> this is not the act of a sane, logically, rationally thinking person." >> reporter: alaska and horizon say at the time the plane was flots scheduled to fly. we now know the deceased suspect, richard russell, was "tow certified" -- had full security access and had been with the company for three and a half years. demarco, russell has no known pilot license but did back the plane out and turn it 180 degrees before getting into the cockpit to take off. >> morgan: both fascinating and disturbing. jamie thank you for that report. three of the largest wildfires in california history are still burning tonight. they have burne

after flying erratically for 90 minutes, the plane crashed in ketron islands, some 50 miles south ofhe airport. andy moore reports. what the hell? the stolen plane was filmed by shocked witnesses flying low over the islands of puget sound. what is happening right now? ok, but why has it gotjets? it was pursued by at least two f—15 military jets. the authorities said those aircraft escorted the plane out of harm's way but were not instrumental in bringing it down. what the hell is this guy doing? whilst he was performing aerobatic manoeuvres, the 29—year—old man at the controls was talking to air traffic control. the man piloting the plane said he would perform a last barrel roll and then call it a night. he crashed into a sparsely—populated island, causing this fire. there was the loud boom and i looked at her and said, "what, did they drop a bomb over there?" and that really must have been it. our information now is that there was only one person on the plane and that was the person flying the plane. there is no indication that this person who was flying the plane was trying to dama

. >> chopper video above the crash site on ketron island shows what appears to be a fiery wreck. the coastguard has also responded to the scene. the plane was a horizon air q400, similar to this one. it can hold about 80 people, but again no one else was on board except the person at the controls. the local sheriff's department tweeted this is not a terrorist incident. this is a single suicide male. we know who he is, no others involved. right now they are not publicly identifying the suspect. tonight normal operations have resumed at the airport, but it is still a very active investigation and we will bring you any new details as soon as we get them. >> thank you, betty. >>> tonight a grassfire in solano county grown to 1,000 acres. cal fire says the crews have stopped its forward progress and have it about 10% contained and most evacuation orders have been lifted. the nelson fire burning in dry, grassy hills in paradise valley between interstate 80 and peabody road, a little earlier it forced evacuations from multiple neighborhoods in fairfield and vacaville. evacuation orders

. >> chopper video above the crash site on ketron island shows what appears to be a fiery wreck. coastguard has also responded to the scene. the plane was a horizon air q400, similar to this one. it can hold about 80 people, but again no one else was on board except the person at the controls. the local sheriff's department tweeted this is not a terrorist incident. this is a single suicide male. we know who he is, no others involved. right now they are not publicly identifying the suspect. tonight normal operations have is still a very active investigation and we

. >> video from above the crash on ketron island shows a fiery wreck. the coast guard responded to the scene and the airline says the plane was a horizon air q4 which can hold about 80 people. no one else was on board except the person of the controls. shortly after the incident, the sheriff's department treated this is not a terrorist incident. it is a single suicidal male, we know who yes. >> they are not publicly identifying the suspect. normal operations have resumed at the airport, it is still an active investigation. >>> a dying bay area man wins his case against monsanto. >> i am glad to help, but the cost is way bigger than me peer >> a jury found the companies roundup contributed to his cancer. the former schools grounds -- school grounds keeper hopes there will be more cases against monsanto. >> reporter: in a san francisco courtroom, eight weeks of trial led to this moment. >> the monsanto failed to adequately warn of the potential risks? answer, yes. was the lack of sufficient warnings a substantial factor in causing harm to mr. johnson? ans

the aircraft crashed about an hour later in a wooded area on ketron island in rural pierce county.d structures were involved at the crash site. military jets were scrambled from portland but it 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're working closely with the authorities and our own safety teams to thoroughly understand this incident and now i'll turn it over to mike. >> thank you, mr. beck and good morning. the port of seattle and sea tac international airport want you to know we're working fully with our partners at the ntsb, the tsa and certainly strong partners in 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 clear the airspace, arrivals continued and ended at 20:40 or 8:00 p.m. last night when normal operations resumed. approximately 75 flights were delayed. nine flights were diverted to

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. >> yes, i am. this is my house. this is their future. >> one rancher moving his cattle to a safer location as flames mar

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 their future. >> others didn't stay. they packed their cars and took off. one rancher moving his cattle to a safer l

pictures from cnn affiliate komo showed flaming debris on nearby ketron island, the site of the crash. >> the plane literally at that moment was flying right over our deck and we had never seen a plane that low over our deck before. and shortly thereafter we saw a plume of black smoke out in the distance. >> we have more audio from inside the cockpit of that plane, as well, where that man, who we understand was a ground service agent, talked about what he was trying to do. >> i'm going to try to do a barrel roll and if that goes good, i'm going to nose down and call it a night. >> joining us on the phone now is john waldron. john, thank you for being with us. it's a late night for you there on the west coast, early morning for us here on the east coast. we'll keep it short. you looked up and saw those fighter jets escorting the stolen plane. at any point up to that point, did you realize or recognize that something was wrong or was the presence of those jets the first sign for you? >> well, we have two large military paces within about ten miles from where this all happened. so, it's

. >> reporter: eventually crashing on ketron island. 25 miles from the airport. the fiery wreckage seen here in this wooded area. the employee did not survive. officials say his lack of skills and reckless piloting caused the plane to go down. >> i wouldn't know how to land it. i wasn't planning on landing. >> reporter: the spectacle shutting down the airport. causing delays, halting departures, causing flights to divert. >> we landed and were sitting in line just waiting. >> hard to believe. no one on the ground was hurt. the ceo of alaska airlines which operates horizon saying his company is working with authorities as they investigate how this could have happened. the fbi released a statement saying they're looking into the incident. there does not appear to be any nexus to terrorism. >> looks like it had to do with mental health. afc ro >> he seemed so casual about the whole thing. >> i know. >> terrifying. >> he talks about flying the plane and he played video games in the past and knows how to do this and we see the outcome. it's just horrific. >> thank you

he was killed when the plane crashed on ketron island, southwest of tacoma.e commissioner says it does not appear to have been a lapse in security. >> all security protocols were handled appropriately at the airport. that is something that we pride ourselves on. >> reporter: the ntsb is analyzing a data and voice recorder found in the wreckage. aside from the bold act of stealing the airplane, investigators are also looking into how russell flew around before crashing. experts say the 29-year-old executed large loops and dangerous maneuvers, despite the lack of a pilot's license or any other formal training. russell was a ground agent for horizon air,tly confined to directing air traffic and handling baggage. >> i think there will be a conversation down the line. what does this mean from a regulatory standpoint? what can we do voluntarily? i cannot emphasize enough the human factors here. >> reporter: air traffic controllers urged russell to land the plane. he reportedly told them he's just a broken guy with a few screws loose. still to come in washington, je

this is the very landing area in order to get to ketron island where the 29-year-old crashed that plane. now, to give you an idea of how sparsely populated that is, the last census said there's only 17 residents living there. we now know there's dozens of investigators at that site. they would have left from here in order to get there. it is about a 10 minute ferry ride. the first as well as the data recorder. ultimately, what evidence they could yield? we don't know. of course, we do have a lot of conversation between air traffic control and the horizon employee. as for the pilot himself, obviously, he went through extensive needs -- means to get that. he had to taxi it and take off. i want you to listen to what the ceo of alaska air said just moments ago, that, of course, the parent company for horizon. take a look. >> it was a 3.5 year employee of horizon air. 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

ment plane did go down on ketron island southwest of the airport killing the pilot. a few people live on that's land. thankfully no one on the ground was hurt. the aircraft took off without authorization and thankfully as well without any passengers on that plane. >> and here is what we know about the person at the controls. 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

he was killed when the plane crashed on ketron island, south of tacoma. ground was hurt. according to seattle's commissioner, it does not appear to have been a lapse in security. >> all security calls were handled appropriately at the airport. that's something we pride ourselves on. >> reporter: the ntsb is analyzing a data and voice recorder found in the wreckage. aside from the bold act of stealing the airplane, investigators are looking into how russell flew around before crashing. experts say the 29-year-old executed large loops and other dangerous maneuvers despite the lack of a pilot's basins or any other formal training. russell was a ground agent for horizon air but in his three and half years, his duties were mostly confined to handling air traffic and baggage. >> i think it will be a longer lesson down the line. what can we do voluntarily? and i cannot emphasize enough the human factors here. >> reporter: air traffic controllers urged russell to land the plane. he reportedly told them he is just a broken guy with a few screws loose. reporting in

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 raise my kids. this is their future. >> others didn't stay. they pack tld caed their cars a off. one rancher moving hi

. >> this plane went down near ketron island. this is to the south and west of the airport.o people were killed on the ground. no buildings were hit when the plane crashed. the aircraft took off without authorization and without passengers onboard friday night. >> the local county sheriff was stressing this was not linked to terrorism. this was a person at the controls of the plane who is identified as a 29-year-old horizon air ground service agent who's from the local area. earlier, we spoke with john wald. >> ron:, he captured some remarkable video of the stolen plane. >> thank you for having me here with you tonight. i decided to go down to chambers bay for a nightly walk. you know, like i often do. and i notice, i noticed a couple of f-15s flying around, which isn't uncommon in this area with mccord air force base nearby and then i notice a turbo prop flying around and the two airplanes seem to be chasing it for lack of better and i blew it off and i thought maybe they're practicing for an air show or something like that. who so, i started to capture video because i thou

it finally crashed on ketron island. the employee did not survive. >> we expected to find the recorders. we know where they are located. we need to get out there and take a look at the wreckage. we need to figure out where everything is and then we can start to dig into it. >>>>reporter: no one here on ketron island was injured. investigators are looking into the background of the employee, trying to figure out how we got the plane off the ground. jeff paul, fox news. >>> a recall from cvs. it is a nasal spray that they are telling people to return or throw away. >>> nasa is a step closer to doing something that had never been done before. more on this spacecraft on its way to the solar system. coming up. >>> pg&e will make the scene safe. ♪ to keep our community safe. before you do any project big or small, pg&e will come out and mark your gas and electric lines so you don't hit them when you dig. call 811 before you dig, and make sure that you and your neighbors are safe. ♪ ♪ ♪ raindrops on roses and whiskers on kitten

ke ton ketron.jail, but if she hadn't sent those ominous e-mails filled with threats of kid p thatti kidnapping and rape and death, then who did? could the answer be within the e-mails themselves? now with the conclusion of our story, here's dennis murphy. >> michelle felt like she was losing a little part of herself. out of jail, but not out of jeopardy. free to go to a high end coffee shop, but not allowed to remove the ankle monitor. >> i wrapped it with this sports bandage because i was so embarrassed to be wearing it, you know. >> but everything was about to change. after a thorough search of michelle's digital devices investigators concluded the damning e-mails did not come from them. >> we have a lab, our own computer forensics lab and that's really how this came to fruition that we were able to determine that michelle hadley wasn't the suspect. >> this was momentous. after months in jail, after the ankle bracelet, michelle hadley was cleared. >> you're happy but your emotocrosses are all ove

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 clear the air space, it ended at 8:40 p.m. local time last night when normal operations resumed. during the time of the incident, approximately 75 flights were delayed, 9 flights were diverted to

reporter: the crash happened on ketron island between tacoma and olympia. there are a handful of homes there about 20 people live there but the plane went down in a wooded area starting a small wildfire but nobody on the ground was hurt the mans name has not been released the fbi will take the lead in this investigation again they're not looking at terrorism. the ntsb which usually takes the lead in commercial airline crashes because they're looking at all kinds of things of maybe maintenance problems or mechanical problems they're not taking the lead they may not send a crew because it doesn't look like there's anything more to this than a man whose suicidal and not able to fly a plane. trish? trish: dan springer thank you very much joining me former uss commander and private pilot, kirk liphold. good to have you here, sir. how does this happen? given what we've been through, given 9/11, how could this occur >> well when you have ground maintenance personnel like that, a lot of them achieve qualifications where they get to be able to move aircraft around,

ketron island is a tiny island with about 20 residents.ut no homes were impacted. the name of the man has not been released. we know that he lived in pierce county which is where he died last night. back to you. elizabeth: thank you, so much. here to weigh in with more details, former dhs assistant secretary, doug smith. thank you so much for joining us. i want to talk about what happens next. because obviously the ntsb will work with the fbi. we heard from dan springer's report, more so the fbi because of the criminal nature of the crime. what are the next steps in this investigation? >> thanks for having me, first of all. what happens in these situations is so the tsa, local law enforcement will do what they call a hot watch. they'll review the incident. they will look at all the things that happened. they will for the holes -- will look for holes to understand why the employee had access to the aircraft. they'll try to determine where the system had broken down. with that, they'll be able to strengthen the system. the chattanoog challen

it crashed on ketron island. there was a handful of homes on the island and none were impacted. man that was flying the plane did in fact die when he crashed. so now they are looking into how he was able to steal the plane and crash it. >>> a man killed on a motorcycle crash on interstate 80 in fairfield yesterday. officer chrispulled over a white suv friday friday morning. they were on a side of the road and i driver came along and hit the officer and the driver. both men were dead on the way to the hospital. he patrolled that stretch of highway 80 for years. >> this is what they do every day. they stop and help people on the shoulder. on this day someone ran off the road. >> hours after the crash, people from various law enforcement and fire agency as long with the again public visit the north field medical center to pay their respects. there was a procession taking his body from the hospital to the funeral home. >> he'll be dearly missed. he was the ultimate public servant. he loved what he did and loved being a chp officer and chp motorcycle officer. >> chris was a veteran m

reporter: the crash happened an ketron island between tacoma and olympia. the lead in this investigation which is a little unusual. usually the national transportation safety board would handle the lead in any commercial aircraft crash investigation; however in this case i think it's pretty clear what caused the crash. it was the lack of skill on the part of the man flying the plane back to you. abby: dan springer live for you. pete: thank you, dan. abby: we've been talking about this investigation all morning and still the questions remain but it shouldn't be lost on any of us how sad this was. every time there's a suicide i can't help but think what was going on behind closed doors. i grew up mormon. there's a hymn that goes in the quiet heart is hidden sorrow that the eye can't see and that's so well said in moments like this and obviously the employees and people around him they must all be shocked as well and it's just heartbreaking that he would rather kill himself than continue to live life in whatever pain he was feeling it's just a sad part of the