Richard Russell is a folk hero to some folks — including more than a few of the wrong ones — but he’s just “Beebo” to the loved ones he left behind.
In 2018, the 28-year-old Horizon Air (a subsidiary of Alaska Air) ground service agent clocked into work wearing a shirt that said “The sky’s no limit,” stole a $33 million plane (a Bombardier Q400), and took off into the skies of the Pacific Northwest. There was just one problem (OK, so there were numerous problems, but starting with) … Russell did not know how to fly an airplane. Or at least how to land one.
After a few-hour joyride (as joyous as one can be on a suicide flight) around the mountains and over the water, Russell crashed into the side of a sparsely populated island. He did not attempt to land — Russell chose death over
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