Ep. - 1585 - #SKYKING
Reality Life with Kate Casey
Kate Casey
4.7 • 7.5K Ratings
🗓️ 14 April 2026
⏱️ 22 minutes
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Summary
Patricia Gillespie, director of SkyKing, a Hulu documentary about the 2018 case of Richard “Beebo” Russell, a Horizon Air ground service agent who stole and flew a commercial plane before crashing it. The film goes beyond the incident itself, exploring Russell’s personal life, mental health, and the unexpected public reaction that followed. Through interviews with those who knew him and never-before-heard air traffic control audio, it offers a deeper look at the man behind the headlines.
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| 1:16.0 | Welcome back for another episode of Reality Life with KKC. |
| 1:19.4 | For today's episode, I'm going to tell you the story of a man who stole a plane, |
| 1:23.9 | an audacious act that captured national attention. |
| 1:29.9 | It's also the focus of the Hulu documentary, |
| 1:37.2 | Sky King. Richard Bebo Russell worked as a ground service agent for Horizon Air at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport. He marshaled planes and handled baggage. He was well-liked, joking, |
| 1:43.5 | presence among co-workers. On August 10th, 2018, |
| 1:47.6 | he arrived to work wearing a shirt that read, skies no limit. Since he had authorized access to |
| 1:54.2 | the tarmac, he was already familiar with airport operations and had been around these planes regularly. |
| 2:00.7 | On that evening, during the relatively |
| 2:02.5 | quiet period, he used a pushback, tug to reposition a Horizon Air Bombadier Q400. At some point, |
| 2:11.6 | he climbed into the cockpit, started the aircraft, and without clearance, taxied to a runway. Despite having no formal |
| 2:19.8 | pilot training, he managed to take off. A $33 million plane and take off into the Pacific |
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