Plane Theft, And Other Stories

Yesterday at the Seattle Tacoma International Airport, a man described as a "maintenance worker" for Horizon Air took control of a Q400 turboprop (a.k.a. Dash-8), made an unauthorized takeoff, performed some maneuvers, was intercepted by fighter jets, and finally crashed, thus killing himself.  He was reportedly suicidal, but had no desire to hurt anyone else.  He was the only person on board the plane.  For a time, he was in contact with air traffic control, explaining how he could fly a plane by saying that he had "played some video games".

Looks like the "stupid people" label has been earned, along with a possible Darwin Award nomination.

Read more at The Aviationist, CNN, The Seattle Times, SeattlePi and ABC News.

In a related story from The Daily Caller, the FBI will investigate.

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In other stories:

From Voice Of Europe, Moroccan migrants in Spain commit sex crimes and the media go into Sgt. Schulz mode.

From the Express, the E.U. appears ready to allow Italy to spend some more Euros.

From the Greek Reporter, officials on the island of Lesvos deny that there will be a new migrant camp.

From Agence France Presse, Lesbos looks back at the migrant crisis.  (The island's name may be spelled either with a "b" or a "v", with no complaints that I know of coming from its natives.)

From Russia Today, with the new migrant deal with Spain, German Chancellor Merkel appears to be "saving face".

From The Spectator, Merkel "sacrifices her principles" to make the migrant deal with Spain.

From Deutsche Welle, opinion article: the migrant deal between Germany and Spain "lacks substance".

From France24, the NGO ship Aquarius goes back into operation.

From VRT, 13,000 hikers set out on the 100-kilometer "Walk Of Death" in Antwerp Province, Belgium.

From The Times Of India, in Delhi, India, a man (whose name should be vaguely familiar) tries to sell his wife, but picks the wrong potential buyer.

From Al Arabiya, ISIS terrorists kill five members of an Iraqi family.

From Gatestone Institute, public prayer in Europe.

From The Conservative Woman, yes, it's time to ban the burqa.  (The last four stories come via The Religion Of Peace.)

From National Review, a lower number of refugees benefits America, and most refugees themselves.

From The Washington Free Beacon, a member of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights opposes an amendment proposed in the House that would "undermine immigration enforcement".

From the New York Post, a California woman's DNA test shows that she's not what she thought she was.

From Fox News, what the voters need to hear if the GOP is to do well in the upcoming midterms.

From Breitbart Video, the chief of the Border Patrol wants more agents, technology, and wall.

From The Slovak Spectator, the three best things to see in Špania Dolina, Slovakia.  (From my admittedly limited knowledge of Polish, which is closely related to Slovak, I can make a semi-educated guess that the town's name means something like "sleeping valley" or maybe "sleepy valley".)

And from The Verge, a cartoonist explains how Dungeons & Dragons could be used in school.