<russell>"man i am sorry about this, hope i didn't ruin your day.from the cockpit, russell apologizedor disrupting air traffic.... and worried about the consequences. "this is like jail time for life huh?"ignoring pleas to land, he sent the plane into a line of 100=foot pines ... after radioing his own obituuary."just a broken guy. got a few screws loose, i guess. never really knew it, until now." (ken) (ken) a baltimore police officer, caught on camera beating a man has resigned. (pam) the interim police commissioner says: he has "zero tolerance" for the behavior displayed in the video. here's andy rose with more. a baltimore police officer has resigned...after a video surfaced saturday that shows him beating a black man. nats (ya know what... you cant touch me...)the cellphone video shows dashawn mcgrier screaming at the officer. that's when the officer is seen throwing punches and continues hitting mcgrier for the next 12 seconds.in a press conference monday, the interim baltimore police commissioner addressed the video.sot gary tuggle, interim commissioner baltim

<russell>"man i am sorry about this, hope i didn't ruin your day.from the cockpit, russell apologized for disrupting air traffic.... and worried about the consequences. "this is like jail time for life huh?"ignoring pleas to land, he sent the plane into a line of 100=foot pines ... after radioing his own obituuary. "just a broken guy. got a few screws loose, i guess. never really knew it, until now." the airliner's flight recorder is on its way to washington. the f=b=i and the ntsb are both onvestigating the incident.vicki, grant? (grant) ken, you're a pilot. how easy is it to fly one of these planes without training? (vicki) soul,' aretha franklin is 'gravely ill', according to reports. the 76 year old singer is surrounded by loved ones at her home in detroit and they're asking for privacy and prayers. fans and friends, including mariah carey and missy elliott, offered prayers and well wishes on twitter. franklin was forced to cancel several shows last year citing doctors orders. her last performance was in november for the elton john aids foundation in new york. (g

russell then got behind the controls and positioned the plane for takeoff.during the roughly 75 minute flight, air traffic control tried persuading russell to land safely, including at a nearby air force base. russell conducted dangerous maneuvers before crashing into a small island. >> he just needs help controlling his aircraft. >> i don't need that much help. i have played some video games before. >> reporter: family and friends are shocked and heartbroken. >> he was a faithful husband, a loving son and a good friend -- friend. this is a shock to us. >> reporter: the port of seattle which oversees operations here, is meeting with airlines today to discuss security and the latest incident. jamie yuccas, seatac washington. happening today: t to appear at p >>> the fbi announced it has recovered the flight data recorder and parts of the cockpit voice recorder from that crash. ity rent reduction of more than 4 million dollars. a clause in the contract allowed the cut if financial performance was better >>> happening today, the mayor of santa clara is set to a

the next career man who wouldas replace russell towering figuren in his day and the architect of it we passage. it's time it's time that we recognize it's time to change our war heroes i i will be introducing a resolution to change the name of the russell building to the mccain buildingd and i i hope my colleagues will cosponsor this in support of the resolution but it isn't the only way to honor senator mccain we can't honor him by trying to carry out the principle fee byi, we can try as he did to putfo country before party and try as he always did as he summons us to try store the senate to its rightn leg and our national political life up until the very sete was end john mccain still believe tt the senate could solve our rule countries greatest challenges fe arcane rules and procedures designed the one-party wall or the end of polarization of progress ability to to set aside for a moment's party affiliations political interest in personal ambition with the service of a larger cause because that isould what he did and for all cynicism to believe the senate can reach that higher calli

the russell building wasn't always named after richard russell. it used to just be called the senate office building or slb for short. one close friend of mccain joked that would fit the late senator perfectly. >> here to weigh in former governor of arkansas mike huckabee, great to see you, governor. >> great to be here. >> i want to read something alabama senator richard shelby had to say about this controversy. he said you want to get into that you have to get into george washington and thomas jefferson and most of our founding fathers maybe with the exception of hamilton. easy to prejudge what they should have done, we didn't live in that era, talking about stepping russell's name from the building but is that the end game for some folks anyway? >> the question is are they doing this to get rid of richard russell last name or to honor john mccain? if they're doing it to honor john mccain that is a wonderful thing to do. he is an american hero, this man served his country his entire life in ways beyond the call of duty. he is truly somebody who

officials are working to recover the plane's data recordings and russell's remains.irport security experts are pointing out there have been several flaws identified in the system by this incident. cnn correspondent dan simon is live with an exclusive interview with one of russell's former coworkers. dan, good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning, victor and christi. we are beginning to get a clearer picture of what richard russell was like as a friend, as a coworker, as an employee. i spoke to jeremy kaelin who worked closely alongside russell for eight solid months. they worked the p.m. shift together. he says this is somebody who had a lot of integrity, somebody who worked really hard, and somebody who also had a great sense of humor. he is also not surprised that russell was able to learn some basic aspects of aviation, given certain aspects of his job. take a look. when you learned it was your friend and corporaler coworker, what did you think? >> he was super funny and always go out and help others to his flights that he wasn't assigned to help out with and

russell: "i've got a lot of people that care about me, and uhh...it's gonna disappoint them to hear that i did this."before pulling off an aerial stunt and after gently refusing air traffic control's attempts to convince him to land the stolen plane safely, russell apologized to the people he thought he was disappointing.voice of richard russell: "just a broken guy. got a few screws loose, i guess. never really knew it, until now."the n-t-s-b said sunday the crash took russell through several lines of 100-foot-high trees.crews recovered the flight data recorder over the weekend; the n-t-s-b expects it to arrive in washington, d-c, on tuesday for analysis.russell posted a video on youtube last year about his job working as a ground service agent for horizon air. officials say it's that job that enabled him to tow the plane out of a maintenance area and take off -- without authorization -- from seattle-tacoma international airport on friday.the pierce county sheriff's department described russell as suicidal.the man whose family described him as a fai

tell me about senator russell. >> senator russell was a powerful legislator.he early 1950s until 1969, he was chairman of the senate armed services committee and he was chairman of the armed services subcommittee of the senate appropriations committee. in other words, he was the key person on spending money on the military. and he made the position of armed services committee chairman even more powerful. every new military system had to get his approval before it could actually be paid for. the house plays a role but without the senate it doesn't happen. he's very famous among students of the national security state of that. he's also well-known because he was a quiet critic of vietnam but this is the key part. his greater loyalty was to lyndon baynes johnson. he was the mentor of younger -- of younger johnson. when johnson got stuck in the morass of vietnam, even though russell said, don't do it, he stood up for him and he kept pushing through military budgets that helped further the war in vietnam. >> you turned our attention to this sound from the early '60

as he was flying a stolen plane, richard russell calls himself a broken guy. >> richard russell took off from the seattle airport in the empty plane and crashed it an hour later. >> this is a complete shock to us. we are divested by these events. juic jesus is the only one holding this family together. the voice recording shows his attempt was not to harm anyone and he is right in saying so many people who loved him. >> we are learning about his training on the ground where he was authorized to tote planes to the gate but they do not believe he had a pilot's license. >> the criminal investigation begins, officials are working to recover the plane's data recordings and russell's remains. airport security "sportscenter" point out numerous flaws in the system revealed by this incident. cnn court dan simon is live with one of russell's former coworkers. the family is shocked and stunned and heartbroken. did this coworker see any potential signs? >> well, gm. we are getting a clearer sense of what richard russell was like as a friend, as an employee, as a coworker and some of what you're

as russel was flying, he refused requests to safely land ...eping the conversation light in his final moments. ( james ) russell crashed into a wooded area of an island in puget sound. crews recovered the flight data recorder over the weekend ... and the n-t-s-b expects it to arrive in washington, d-c tomorrow for analysis. ( james ) an alaska airlines plane that left san francisco had to make an emergency landing in los angeles. the flight was headed to new orleans with 136 people on board. the flight crew detected a strong odor in the cabin and diverted to los angeles. the plane landed safely and no one was hurt. it is still unclear where that smell came from. passengers were booked on other flights. ( darya ) breaking overnight entertainment news. the 'queen of soul

authorities trying to learn how richard russell with no apparent training was able to climb into the cockpit and take off. here's clayton sandell. >> reporter: tonight, investigators are sifting the key question, how did richard russell, an airline ground worker with no known pilot's license, steal a plane? >> holy [ bleep ]! >> reporter: trailed by fighter jets. flying barrel rolls and steep dives. >> there were some maneuvers that were done that were incredible maneuvers with the aircraft. >> reporter: on the radio, russell, a 29-year-old horizon airlines employee, tells an air traffic controller he didn't need help flying. >> i've played video games before, so i know what i'm doing a little bit. i know how to put the landing gear down. >> reporter: suggesting russell may have taught himself using an inexpensive flight simulator. >> today, the sad fact is that you don't have to go a terrorist training camp to learn how to build a bomb, and you dont need to go to school to learn how to fly an airplane. all you have to do is go online. >> reporter: the fbi says russell was not a terr

to intercept 29-year old richard russell... horizon-air ground crew worker, who stole the plane without a pilot's license. richard russell:"hey pilot guy, can this thing do a back flip, do you think? // nah, i mean i don't need that much help. i've played video games before."but after about an hour in the air, russell makes clear he's not landing.atc: "now let's try to land that airplane safely and not hurt anybody on the ground."richard russell:"alright, ahh dammit. 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 // just a broken guy, got a few scre loose i guess. never really knew it, until now."the plane crashed on a small island... exploding in dense woods, killing russell.the rogue takeoff raises the stakes for concerns about so-called "insider attacks" -- that criminals working as airline employees might be planning to do much more harm next time. the airline c-e-o says russell managed planes from the maintenance area by himself. he was in uniform, had the proper c

>> reporter: phillip, we're learning more about the life and passions of richard russell and how many friends he had, at the same time investigators are still trying to determine how he crossed a busy tarmac and made it all the way onto runway 16 c before taking off. >> oh, my god. what is happening right now? >> reporter: before richard russell made it into the sky in a horizon air dash 8, investigators want to know how he made it across a crowded tarmac onto a runway at seattle c tack airport. >>> causing confusion in the control tower, and a call to the military. with a pair of f-15s on his tail, russell stayed airborne for more than an hour before dying in a faiiery crash. thousands of ramp workers and mechanics have the same broad access russell had. >> for me the biggest red flag is that this is something that aviation security is not designed to prevent. >> reporter: making an insider attack one of the biggest potential threats to commercial aviation. >> we're fortunate in the sense that it wasn't a terrorist, somebody who was focused on causing mass destruction. what this inci

richard russell. the man who stole a commercial plane from the seattle tacoma international airport. in zwingle's 40 plus year career of flying commercial and military jets he hasn't seen a commercial plane stolen like this.sot commercial no military yes it's happened. this is what the aircraft that was stolen looked like. a twin engine turboprop airplane that could seat 76 passengers. one owned by horizon air and operated by alaska airlines. zwingle says there are security features in this plane.sot it's been said that aircraft doesn't have a locking door but it does...... as to how russell learned to fly like he did it is unclear. in a conversation with an air traffic controller he claimed that he played video gameswell that's a heck of a video game and i've got to get it. i think there's got to be more to it than that. there's gotta be some type of detailed training that he not necessarily took but he studied something i don't think you're going to get the ability to fly like he did off a video gam

russell had the same broad security access thousands of ramp workers and mechanics have. it is a potential security gap at the nation's airports. >> we are for ttunate in the see it wasn't a terrorist, somebody who was folk used on causing mass destruction. >> reporter: friends and family of russell were left stunned. they describe russell, nicknamed bebo, as a man with a great many of friends and. >> he was a warm compassionate man. >> he did everything in life with a certain amount of passion that i think everyone was envious of. >> reporter: family, friends, investigators all searching for answers. dan scheneman, nbc news. >> heavy rain left roads crumbling in northwest china. the massive sink hole was formed after nearly 6 inches of rain in one day. after it swallowed up two parked cars, good samaritans rushed to prevent it from taking a third. this white car teetered on the edge of the sink hole over 300 square feet wide. dozens of bystanders attached a rope to the front of the vehicle and helped real it back to safety. the heavy rainfall unleashed dangerous floods a

. >> it comes as we learn new details about the 29-year-old, richard russell, the ground crew member who took that plane on a joyride. in its final terrifying flight. here's abc's clayton sandell. >> reporter: investigators are sifting through pieces of plane wreckage 37 the last stop on a deadly joyride. >> what the [ bleep ] is he doing over here? >> reporter: how did richard russell, a groundworker, with no known pilot's license, steal a plan from one of the nation's busiest airports. >> holy [ bleep ]. holy [ bleep ]. >> reporter: trailed by fighter jets doing barrel rolls. and steep dives. >> there were maneuvers done that were incredible maneuvers with the aircraft. >> reporter: on the radio russell, a 29-year-old horizon airlines employee tells an air traffic controller he doesn't need help flying. >> i played video games before. so, i, uh -- i know what i'm doing a little bit. i know how to put the landing gear down. >> reporter: suggesting russell may have taught himself using a flight simulator. >> today you don't have to go to a terrorist training camp to learn how to buil

over the radio, russell called himself "a broken guy." he worried about his fuel level and wondered if he would be sent to jail. military jets trailed the plane before it crashed into an island. the rogue flier was killed. here's jamie yuccas. >> 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 a

>> reporter: veteran pilots say they are aerobatics richard russell performed despite having little or no pilot training. it began when russell, a fully credentialed horizon air groundworker boarded a parked plane at sea-tac airport. the planes are kept unlocked for maintenance and cleaning crews. starting up the engines and taxiing requires a series of tasks, though youtube videos offer step by step instructions. >> to start engine two, press start. >> reporter: russell managed to take off and fly over the sound. today the airport said all security protocols were followed friday, each employee physically screened, and there were no flags in russell's background check. >> i think this is really truly one in a million experience th. that doesn't mean we can't learn from it and ensure this tragedy doesn't happen again. >> reporter: airport ground workers are not required to undergo mental health screenings, but 17 years after 9/11 relief that a terrorist wasn't at the controls. >> certainly someone who can do barrel rolls with a prop plane could have flown into a building or into a crowd

building wasn't always named after richard russell.ed to be called the senate office building or sob for short. one close friend drove to fox without for the late senator perfectly. shannon? >> shannon: chad pergram, thank you very much. here to a n, fox news contributor, mike huckabee. great to see you, governor. >> great being here. >> shannon: i want to read something that alabama senator richard shelby had to say about this controversy. he said, you want to get into that, you have to get into george washington and thomas jefferson and most of our founding fathers, maybe with the exception of hamilton. easy to prejudge what they should have done. we didn't live in that era, talking about stripping russell's name off the building. it is at the end game for some? >> i think the big question is, are they doing this to get rid of richard russell's name are they doing it to honor john mccain? if they are doing it to honor john mccain, that is a wonderful thing to do, is he'sn american hero, he served his country's entire life, in ways th

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 part of his job but they are taking a look at whether security procedures a need to be changed. clayton sandell, abc nows, seattle. >> nobody knew he had these sort of situations before friday. >>> now to the tense standoff outside the white house. one year after the deadly violence in charlottesville, virginia, on one side, jason kessler and members of the unite the right rally. on the other, hundreds of protesters calling for an end to white supremacists and neo-naziism and racism. in the middle, police trying to prevent

you see, john and i spent years as neighbors in the russell building often when softball season rolled around, our offices would take the field together as one united mack team we called it. now, as a seriously wounded war hero and a childhood polio survivor, i'd have to say john and i didn't exactly have the makings of an elite double play duo. i took the mound once or twice but i admit we mostly offered moral support. moral support. really, that's what john mccain gave this body and this country for so long. his memory will continue to give it because while john proudly served with us as the senator for arizona, he was america's hero all along. just this month congress finalized a major bill for our all volunteer armed forces that we named after john. this might seem like a small detail but really it was a fitting cap stone for a career so thoroughly defined by service in and then service for the ranks of those who wear our nation's uniform. generations of mccains have served with distinction in our great navy. as john described his scottish heritage in one memoir, the mccains were b

russell was killed. no one else was hurt but raised questions about aircraft security. >> no key to the aircraft, maybe will look at having a code. >> eric swallow on the committee for homeland security says more work needs to be done to restrict access to planes. >> there's technology that requires more credentials than being near the plane that probably could have prevented this. >> russell is believed to be only person on board that plane. aviation experts predict this will lead to security changes at airports nationwide. nbc bay area news. >> the stolen jet is one of the top stories on your home page, nbcbayarea.com. continuing coverage, more cell phone video and tweets from people on the ground. >>> new at 11:00, bay area native missing in yosemite. 48-year-old from san jose, last seen july 25th at bridgeport ranger station. planning to backpack through the park. experienced hiker who knows the area well. >>> work has resumed on the twin peaks tunnel in san francisco after the death of a worker ther

investigators are trying to learn more about richard russell and how he was able to pull this off. the fbi says it recovered flight data recorder recovered from the plane stolen friday night. >> hey, pilot guy, can this thing do a back flip thing? >> officials want to know how and why richard "beebo" russell took a plane for a joy ride before crashing it on an island near seattle before killing himself. >> would call this a wakeup call for the airlines. >> captain ross aimer is a united airline pilot. he said there was nothing stopping him from getting to the plane as an employee. >> i was quite surprised that a person that claims to have had only background in video games was able to start this airplane, taxi it out, and actually take off and do those maneuvers. >> i think i'm going to try to do a barrel roll. >> robert reeves trained with russell. >> you don't get taught about how do the engines but you pick it up like how the buttons in the cockpit work. >> he spoke with russell on a regular basis. he added he was one of the hardest working employees there. now, anne-marie, avia

. >> he's been identified as 29-year-old richard russell. officials say he did not have a pilots a license, but he did have clearance to be in a secure area of the airport. the fbi leading the investigation and abc's clayton sandell is in seattle with what we're learning this morning. clayton, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, adrienne. good morning, paula. that's right, the fbi is in charge here this morning. agents will be taking a deep dive into this rogue pilot's background and motives trying to figure out how a member of the ground crew was able to pull this off. this morning, we're learning more about that rogue pilot and his joyride in a stolen airliner. >> oh, my god, oh, my god. is he okay? >> reporter: his alarming arrow aerobattics in an empty turbo prop. >> alaska airlines q-400, what the [bleep] is he doing over here? >> reporter: at the controls, 29-year-old horizon airlines employee richard russell, a member of the airline's ground crew, pursued by fighter jets ready to shoot him down as controllers try talking him down

russell got in, got behind the controls, fired it up and took off. today officials met to discuss how to prevent future plane heists. >> we added employees security screening, physical screening like you experience when you go through and travel through this airport. we're one of the only airports in the country to do that when we took that voluntary leap. >> the fbi says that it has recovered the flight data recorder and parts of the cockpit voice recorder. the ntsb will now examine that evidence. >>> the man behind the hijacking told air traffic controllers he didn't need help flying because he played video games, but how accurate are they? can you really learn how to fly an airplane? kpix5's len ramirez tested out a flight simulator to find out. >> reporter: the flight simulators at san jose state university's aviation lab are so realistic even the simulated cockpit tilts and swivels as pilots maneuver the controls. >> the real purpose of simulators is to help pilots train for instrument flying. >> verify that we have ignition by egt rising. >> re

this is the man, richard russell, his family called him bibo. airport officials say he worked for about three years on the ground crew. he was certified to move aircraft and he had clearance to be in secure areas. his family offered this statement through a spokesman. >> we are stunned and heartbroken. it may seem difficult for those watching at home to believe, but bibo was a warm, compassionate man. it is impossible to encompass who he was in a press release. he was a faithful husband, loving son gaand good friend. >> this is what many people saw. he executed several dangerous stunts as he was pursued by two military jets. running low on fuel he crashed on a small island about an hour after taking off. now, investigators say it could take months before they figure out exactly how these events unfolded. what we do know about russell is that he was apparently in uniform and had worked the shift friday before stealing the plane. people who worked with him were shocked by what he did. we got more now from cnn's dan simon. >> a law enforcement sour

causing confusion in the control tower and call to the with a pair of f-15s on his tail russell stayed air borne before dying in a fiery crash. his flight reveals a troubling security gap where tusands of workers have the same broad access russell had. >> f mehe biggest red flag is that this is something th aviation security is not designed to prevent. >> reporter: making an insidern attack of the biggest potential threats to commercial aviation. >> we are fortunate in the sense that it wasn't a terrorist, somebody focussed on causing mass destruction. what this incident did was demonstrate a vulnerability that is still existing r:here. >> r as investigators work to determine if tighter security could have prevented russe russell's flight. a video reveals a man who mnjoyed his work. >> look at t bags. >> reporter: and loved to travel. his final act leaving a family in grief and friends in mourning. >> he was friends with everyone. some of us are luckyav to one or two friends. he had dozens of really good friends. >> reporter: some of those friends just saw the guy they call be bo. one

intercepting russell south of seattle.hey are prepared to shoot him down as controllers try to talk him down. >> listen, let's try to land that airplane safely and not hurt anybody on the ground. >> i don't know, man. i don't want to. i was kind of hoping that was going to be it. >> 75 minutes after takeoff, the plane crashes into a small island. russell is killed. >> i have a lot of people that care about me. it's going to disappoint them that i did this. i would like to apologize to each and every one of them. >> reporter: commercial air airplanes don't have door locks or ignition keys. they can be easily started using a checklist. there are questions about how russell was able to learn just enough to get that plane off the ground and why. the pierce county sheriff described russell as suicidal. the fbi says this does not appear to be terrorist but it is a big red flag for aviation security. however, the airline says it's still too early to talk about whether security procedures need to be beefed up. abc news, seattle. >

his name is richard russell. he was 29, he worked for horizon air for the last three or so year businessfore stealing this plane, taking off doing these maneuvers. thankfully they say the plane was empty at the time but he flew it for more than an hour doing flips before finally crashing on to a wooded island. we do have chillinging audio from air traffic control. here are some russell's last words. >> i got lot of people who care about me and it's going to disappoint them to hear that i did this. i would like to apologize to each and every one of them. just that broken guy got a few screws loose. never really knew it until now. >> cnn's dan simon has been near this crash site all afternoon. what else do we know about russell? >> a law enforcement source tells cnn that 29-year-old horizon airline employee has been identified as richard russell. he's somebody that can can't very active online presence. talking about his job. he also had an online blog where he mens said a few years ago he and his wife operated a b

>> r before richard russell made it into the sky in a horizon air dash 8, investigators want tw how he made it across a crowded tarmac onto a runway at seattle c tack aport. >>> causing confusion in the control tower, and a call to t military. with a pair of f-15s on his tail, rsell stayed airborne for more than an hour before dying in a faiiery crash. thousands of ramp workers and mechanics have the sameroad access russell had. >> for me the biggest red flag is that this is something that aviation security is not designed to prevent. >> reporter: making an insidern attackf the biggest potential threats to commercial aviation.te >> we're fortun the sense that it wasn't a terrorist, somebody who was focused on causin mass destruction. what this incident did was demonstrat a vulnerability that is still existing here almost 17 years after 9/11. >> reporter: as investigators work to determine if tighter security could have prevented russell's flight, a video he made revealed a man who enjoys his work. >> look at all them bags. ooh, a purple one. >> reporter: and loved to travel. ies final

russell had the same broad security access tha thousands of ramp workers and mechanics have.tential security gap at the nation's airports. >> we're fortunate in the sense that it wasn't a terr wist, somebo was focused on causing mass destruction. >> reporter: friends and family of russell were left stunned. they described russell, nicknamed bibo, as a man with a great many friends and strong faith. >> it may seem difficult for those watching at home toe, beliut bibo was a warm, compassionate man. >> yeah, he did everything in life with a certain amount of passn that i think everyone was envious of. >> reporter: family, friends ant investigs all searching for answers. dan scheneman, nbc news. >>> dri on a busy california highway trying to keep their cool. look at that. a low-flying plane comingy dangeroulose to them. the small plane running into rouble after a fuel line ruptured. the pilot managed to land safely in the middle of traffic on the interstate saturday evening. amazingly, one person on the ple had only minor injuries, and nobody on the ground was hu . >>> the nasty

. >> russell who did not have a pilot's license even joked about his skills. russell was killed. no one on the ground was hurt. the heist raised new concerns about gaps in aviation security. >> there's no key to the aircraft. maybe you have to have a code to turn something on. >> he said more needs to be done to restrict access to planes. >> there is certainly technology that requires more credentials than being near the plane that could have prevented this. nbc bay area news. >> the stolen commercial jet is one of the top stories on our home page. you can click under it for continuing coverage. you'll find more cell phone and tweets from people who are on the ground. >>> national park service officials are asking the public's help in locating a bay area native who vanished two and a half weeks ago. this is 48-year-old from san jose. rangers say he was last seen july 25th at the bridgeport ranger station. >>> the accident happened on friday at the site of the twin peaks tunnel. 51-year-old was hit bay steel beam and died at the hospital. they are investigating the accident. const

the pierce county sheriff described russell as suicidal.d this does not appear to be terrorism, but it is a big red flag for aviation security. however, the airline says it's still too early to talk about whether security procedures need to be beefed up. clayton sandell, abc news, seattle. >> united airlines passengers faced delays for several hours today due to a problem with one of its computer systems. abc7 news was inside terminal 3 at san francisco international airport. that's where customers learned if their flights would be late and how united would help them. sfo happens to bepi alots begh . >> we have new details now following an accident that killed a construction worker in san francisco. crews will resume work to upgrade muni's twin peaks tunnel. abc7 news was at muni's westportal station after a steel beam fell on a worker inside the tunnel. officials immediately shutdown the job site. he was rushed to a trauma center. he worked for an oakland based company. both san francisco police and cal osha are investigating yesterday's t

a county sheriff described richard russell as "suicidal." his family says he was a faithful husband, a loving brother, and a good friend. here's jamie yuccas. >> reporter: at the controls of this roughly 75-minute-long unauthorized flight on a commercial airliner, 29 year-old richard "beebo" russell, a horizon air ground crew member, who stole the empty plane friday. >> just a broken guy, got a few screws loose, i guess. never really knew it till now. >> on behalf of the family, we are stunned and heartbroken. "beebo" was a warm, compassionate man. >> reporter: as he criss-crossed the seattle area, controllers urged russell to pay attention to his direction, fuel and speed. >> man, have you been to the olympics? these guys are gorgeous, holy smokes. >> yeah, i have been out there. it's always a nice drive. >> reporter: eyewitnesses saw the plane flying erratically and uncharacteristically low. two f-15 military fighter jets scrambled to intercept it. the "horizon air" turbo prop -- known as a q400 -- is a $32 million aircraft. the 76-seat pl

russell is somebody who kept a very active online presence. he recorded youtube videos talking about his job. he also had an online blog where he talked about he and his wife operated a bakery somewhere in oregon. he did work ground support in seattle. we know that he load and unloaded luggage. he would also tidy up aircraft tanlsd involved riding a tractor or driving a tractor would he would put the plane in the right place for takeoff, getting in the sock pointe, firing up the engines and having a successful takeoff. that's very difficult do because of the protocols in place. listen now to the ceo of hor rye son airlines? >> norm you'll you would request permission from ground control. you'd then speak with ground control all the way out to the r runway. they would turn you out to the tower and they would clear you for takeoff. i know did he communicate on the ground frequency and all of the communications for the entire flight were conducted on that frequency. you're right, there were some maneuvers that were done that were incredible maneu

russell. and mr. russell, as i go into detail, as the -- as things started going downhill he was not one to let ethics get in his way of success, shall we say, and whether he started from the dark side to begin with or kind of turn that way, he ends up promising people that he would pay $10,000 as soon as he got a thousands contract, was paid from the government and that's a great thing to promise, unless you're making the same promise to ten different people. then you might run interest a little trouble. then he ends up with bonds that don't belong to him and there's all sorts of fun and adventures, which, again, we'll get into -- you can get into in the book. there he is. our man. the one thing i took away from -- in retravelling thank you route was not just how hong it was and the endurance these men went through to get the mail through, also was incredible active imagination to say -- to look at 2,000 miles of our country, of all sorts of different terrain and different weather and say, i'm going

but russell seemed unfazed. >> he just needs some help controlling his aircraft. >> very good. nah, i mean, i don't need that much help. i've played video games before. >> 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 pla

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the family said beebo, 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, beebo's intent was not to harm anyone. he was right in saying there are so many people who have loved him. >> federal investigators say russell did not have a pilot's license. they're trying to determine how he gained access to the plane. experts say the incident will likely prompt a major review of airport 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 3 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 airline says a slowdown of the system that provides information to pilots before their flights depart caused that issue. >> wk isumg on thewin peaks project in s a

russell senate building. we shall see. a lot going on in washington and death of john mccain over the weekend. get back to what we're seeing in the markets right now. this is pretty interesting. the "oracle of omaha," warren buffett set his sights on a new market. first-ever direct investment in the country, it is taking a stake in a parent company of india's largest mobile payments firm, paytm. terms not disclosed. the investment is $357 million. the conglomerate confirming that the portfolio manager did handle the transaction. pretty interesting. be sure to see liz claman, she will ask the wall street legend and the billionaire a lot more on thursday. it will be a can't-miss, countdown interview. liz claman will go one-on-one with warren buffett, berkshire hathaway chairman and ceo. thursday 3:00 p.m. countdown to the closing bell on fox business. >>> markets ma major averages off session highs. still set to close at new records. nasdaq is looking at a new record. the s&p looking at a new record. russell 20

. >>> the pilot has been identified as richard russell. he worked for the airline for three years. now, in cockpit recordings you could hear russell making jokes with aircraft traffic controllers who were desperately trying to get him to safely land that plane. russell also spoke about being "a broken man" and said he didn't want to hurt anyone. >> the ntsb is now helping the fbi search for the black box on the plane. the cockpit voice recorder is of particular interest. >> so the cockpit voice recorder picks up obviocommunication. we already have the air traffic and pilot communication. but he might have been talking to himself in the cockpit, and he might be able to get some additional information. >> 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. c

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richard russell was killed in that crash. the fbi recovered human remains and the black box recorder last night. flight experts are investigating how he was able to start the plane, take off, fly for an hour, pulling off a barrel roll in the process. russell says he picked up flight knowledge from video games, while some are skeptical, others believe that's possible. russell's friends and family are in disbelief how his life ended. >> this is a complete shock to us. we are devastated by these events. >> officials are still investigating how russell gained access to the aircraft. >>> a former reality tv star is bringing made for tv drama to the white house. former white house staffer omarosa manigault newman is attacking president trump and he is firing back. omarosa has revealed a second audio tape where she secretly recorded a conversation with president trump. this was a day after she was fired last year. once a loyal supporter of mr. trump, omarosa is turning on her former boss in a new book called "unhinged." on twitter t

richard russell stole that plane on friday. then crashed into the small island in puget sound.ked as a ground agent for horizon airlines and he had clearance to be among planes, but was not a licensed pilot. investigators are trying to piece together how russell was able to steal that plane, fly it for more than an hour, before crashing. >>> the fbi, faa and ntsb all focusing their efforts on recovering russell's body and flight data recorders from the crash scene to provide more answers. >>> take a look at this incredible video. this right here is a massive sinkhole in china that started swallowing up cars. you heard that right. people in the area decided to jump into action. two cars were sucked into this hole. it's estimated that more than 300 square feet -- >> wow. >> a van was teetering when dozens of people decided to attach a rope to the front of the van and pull it back from the brink. there it goes. looks like they were successful. more than 5 1/2 inches of rain in one day caused the street to give way. now, pretty incredible stuff. hard to believe. >> good teamwork. >