Family of man who stole Seattle plane 'in complete shock'. The family of an airport worker who stole a plane from Seattle airport before crashing into an island have spoken about their shock and insisted he never intended to hurt anyone.The family of 29-year-old Richard Russell, who liked to be called Beebo, delivered a statement to the media. Read out by a family friend, it said: "He was a faithful husband, loving son and a good friend. "A childhood friend remarked that Beebo was loved by everyone because he was kind and gentle to each person he met. "This is a complete shock to us. We are devastated by these events and Jesus is truly the only one holding this family together, without him we would be hopeless. "As the voice recordings show, Beebo's intent was not to harm anyone. He was right in saying that there are so many people who have loved him." His family also thanked the authorities for being both "helpful" and "respectful". Mr Russell, a ground service employee with Horizon Air, has not been officially named by authorities but his family have revealed his identity. In a video posted on YouTube last December, Mr Russell shows luggage coming off and being loaded onto aircraft, and describes what the life of a ground service agent entails. "That means I lift a lot of bags, like a lot of bags, so many bags," he says, adding, "it allows me to do some pretty cool things, too." There are then shots of trips he took, including flying over Alaskan fjords, visiting lavender fields in France, touring in Yucatan, Mexico, and attending a hurling match in Dublin, Ireland. Mr Russell told an air traffic controller he was "just a broken man" minutes before the empty 76-seater Horizon Air plane crashed in dense woodland on Ketron Island on Friday night. Witnesses filmed the passenger plane performing loops and being pursued by two F-15 military jets near Seattle-Tacoma International Airport before it went down. The sheriff's office said they believed the crash was caused by "doing stunts in [the] air or lack of flying skills". They said F-15 fighter jets were scrambled from Portland and "made it within a few minutes of theft of plane". One witness filmed the plane doing a large loop-the-loop, which they first thought was part of an air show rehearsal. John Waldron told news: "I started to capture video, just because I thought it was, kind of bizarre... [The plane did] a complete loop... I couldn't believe he recovered." Mr Waldron said the plane at its lowest point was no more than 100ft (30.5m) above the water. Uk Politics World News GE2018 Brexit G20 OJW Donations Welcome. [ Ссылка ]

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