Screws loose, i guess, never really knew it until now. Thinking if i land successfully, alaska will give me a job as a pilot . I think they would give you a Job Doing Anything if you can pull this off. Yeah, right. Can this thing do a back flip you think . Try to do a barrel roll. If that goes good, ill go nose down, call it a night. Lets try and land the airplane safely and not hurt anyone on the ground. All right, man, damn it. I dont know, man, i dont know. I dont want to. I was hoping that was going to be it, you know . Cnns aviation and government regulation correspondent rene marsh joins us, working this story all morning with her sources, chilling to listen to that audio, so calmly the man talking to air Traffic Control. What do we know about this man and his level of access . We know he is a 29yearold,
after the plane took off and took off from the airport, witnesses saw it flying erratically. Tell us what did you see when this airplane was up in the air . My wife and i were in
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. Never really knew it until now. Think about landing this successfully, will alaska give me a job as a pilot . I think theyll give you a Job Doing Anything if you can pull this off. Yeah, right. If you wanted to land, probably the best bet is that runway just ahead to your left. Thats the mccord field. If you wanted to try, that might be the best way to see if you could land there. Or just like the pilot suggested, another option would be over puget sound into the water. Dang, you talk to mccord yet . Because i dont think id be happy with you telling me i could land like that. The ground and dealing with more of a Brush Fire Type of incident, as you know, its been in the washington and seattle area. Theyre dealing with these type of fires quite a bit lately. So how difficult was it to get to the scene . We know this was a heavily wooded ar
screws loose, i guess, never really knew it till now. you think about landing this successfully, they ve they ll give me a job as a pilot? i think they will give you a job doing anything if you could pull this off. yeah, right. hey, guy, could can this thing to do a back flip you think? think i could do a barrel role and if that goes good i ll just go nose down and call it a night? let s try to land that airplane safely and not hurt anybody on the ground. all right. damn it, 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. it s chilling to listen to, but the controller states what they re training to do say rogue pilot part of training? what s your assessment of how they handled the situation? it was amazing how they kept their cool during the whole
just a broken guy, got a few screws loose, i guess. never really knew it till now. hey, you think about landing this successfully they ll give you a job as pilot? i think they would give you a job doing anything if you could pull this off. yeah, right. hey, pilot guy, can this thing to do a back flippy thing? think i might dry a barrel roll and if that goes good i m just going to nose down and call it a night. let s try to land that airplane safely and not hurt anybody on the ground. all right. damn it, i don t know, man, i don t know. i don t want to. i was kinda hoping that was going to be it, you know. it s chilling to listen to, but the controller states, what they re training to do, is a rogue pilot part of training? what s your assessment of how they handled the situation?
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. never really knew it until now. think about landing this successfully, will alaska give me a job as a pilot? i think they ll give you a job doing anything if you can pull this off. yeah, right. if you wanted to land, probably the best bet is that runway just ahead to your left. that s the mccord field. if you wanted to try, that might be the best way to see if you could land there. or just like the pilot suggested, another option would be over puget sound into the water. dang, you talk to mccord yet? because i don t think i d be happy with you telling me i could land like that.