Security alert at Seattle's SeaTac airport after plane 'took off without permission'

F-15 fighter planes give chase after twin-propellor Q400 barges on to runway at Seattle-Tacoma airport and takes off

A 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.

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