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Baggage handler steals plane from Seattle Airport before fatal crash

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Baggage handler steals plane from Seattle Airport before fatal crash

Newly-released footage shows the moment a baggage handler stole an Alaskan Airlines turboprop plane from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport.

Richard Russell, 29, wore a shirt that said "The sky's no limit" as he walked through security and onto the tarmac.

The ground service agent went largely undetected as no-one was alarmed to see a baggage handler in restricted spaces.

Mr Russell died after he flew the plane into a dive on an island in Puget Sound.

The FBI said that the dive was intentional.

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