Security alert at Seattle`s SeaTac airport after plane `took off without permission`
(The Guardian World News)

F-15 fighter planes give chase after twin-propellor Q400 barges on to runway at Seattle-Tacoma airport and takes offA plane has been stolen from Seattle-Tacoma international airport by a mechanic and crashed, authorities have confirmed after F-15 fighter jets were scrambled and flights grounded in a major security incident. Military pilots contacted the rogue aircraft and it crashed soon afterwards, said local media, citing sources at the US air force Joint Base Lewis-McChord (JBLM) in Washington state. The plane came down near Ketron Island in the Puget Sound about 25 miles south-west of the airport. Aerial television footage showed a fire in amongst trees. Continue reading...