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Seattle plane crash: First picture of Horizon Air ground agent who downed stolen jet

Richard Russell is presumed dead after the crash in Seattle in Washington state, US

This is the first picture of "suicidal" Horizon Air employee Richard Russell who died after crashing a stolen plane on an island outside Seattle.

The 29-year-old ground service agent was seen doing loops and other air stunts in the 76-seat aircraft after staging an unauthorised take-off.

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