'It was going straight down': Witnesses recall stolen plane's erratic flight across South Sound
https://www.king5.com/article/news/local/5-things-to-know-about-ketron-island/582879599
Also found this: Witness video shows stolen Sea-Tac plane attempt barrel roll on this news site. This video disappeared right before my eyes as I tried to collect the URL….Something Funky Here
Alaska Airlines: Employee Steals Plane, Does Stunts Before Crashing On Island Near Seattle
Video of A Barrell Stunt with the stolen plane
I couldn't collect the URL and this was removed from another site I tried to get from..
https://www.newsweek.com/man-steals-passenger-plane-does-stunts-crashing-island-near-seattle-1069383
Thanks, something weird going here.
Ketron Island, Washington
The British explorer and navigator George Vancouver camped on Ketron Island in May of 1792.[1]
The island was originally named "Kittson Island" by Charles Wilkes during the Wilkes Expedition of 1838–1842, but was misspelled "Ketron" by his cartographers. The island was named for William Kittson, an employee of the Hudson's Bay Company, who supervised the construction of Fort Nisqually in 1833 and served as its chief factor.[2]
The entire island was bought by an entrepreneur in 1946 with plans to build 200 homes, but this attempt was abandoned due to the cost of a sewer system.[3]
On August 10, 2018, an empty Horizon Air Q400 was stolen from Seattle–Tacoma International Airport and crashed on Ketron Island, killing the pilot. He was 29 years old and said to have been suicidal.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ketron_Island,_Washington
Q400 stretch
Bombardier proposed development of a Q400 stretch with two plug-in segments, called the Q400X project, in 2007.[10] In response to this project, as of November 2007, ATR was studying a 90-seat stretch.[11]
In June 2009, Bombardier commercial aircraft president Gary Scott indicated that the Q400X will be "definitely part of our future" for possible introduction in 2013–14, although he has not detailed the size of the proposed version or committed to an introduction date.[12]
As of July 2010, Bombardier's vice president, Phillipe Poutissou, made comments explaining the company was still studying the prospects of designing the Q400X and talking with potential customers. At the time, Bombardier was not as committed to the Q400X as it had been previously.[13] As of May 2011, Bombardier was still strongly committed to the stretch, but envisioned it as more likely as a 2015 or later launch, complicating launch date matters were new powerplants to come online in 2016 from GE and PWC.[14] As of February 2012, Bombardier was still studying the issue, but as of 2011, the launch date is no longer targeted for the 2014 range. At least a three-year delay was envisioned.[15]
In October 2012, a joint development deal with a government-led South Korean consortium was revealed, to develop a 90-seater turboprop regional airliner, targeting a 2019 launch date. The consortium would include Korea Aerospace Industries and Korean Air Lines.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bombardier_Dash_8#Series_400