White House commends response to stolen plane

By Diana Stancy Correll

Published August 11, 2018 2:23pm ET

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White House commends response to stolen plane — Law enforcement officials stand at a staging area at the ferry terminal in Steilacoom, Wash., near where a Coast Guard spokeswoman said the agency was responding to a report of a smoke plume and possible plane crash. Earlier in the evening, officials at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport said an Alaska Airlines plane had been stolen and later crashed. | (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

The White House commended “the swift action and protection of public safety” of public agencies in the response to a stolen plane at Seattle-Tacoma Airport.

An airline employee, a 29-year-old ground service agent, took off in a Horizon Air turboprop plane Friday evening without any other passengers aboard.

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