“I do not intend to hurt anyone, I’m just out for some sights.” The recordings of Richard “Beebo” Russell from inside his stolen aircraft are your guide for #SKYKING, directed by Patricia E. Gillespie, which hits Hulu after its premiere at the 2026 South By Southwest Film Festival. The documentary reconstructs Russell’s 2018 theft of a commercial jet from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, interviews his family, friends, and former co-workers, and showcases Russell himself, as he speaks with air traffic controllers and the F-15 fighter pilots tracking his stolen solo flight. And those who knew Beebo best say what came after, the birth of the #SKYKING meme, wasn’t him at all.
#SKYKING: STREAM IT OR SKIP IT?
The Gist: “Everything pointed to it being a hijack.” Imagine you’re the operations supervisor of a busy international airport, when you get a call that somebody just stole
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