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Dream more, dream faster, and above all... now, i'll dream gig. now more businesses, in more places, can afford to dream gig. comcast, building america's largest gig-speed network. welcome back, i'm poppy harlow in new york. the fbi says it has loeked hul an remains in the wreckage of the horizon airplane crash that crashed on friday near seattle and authorities say the airport worker who stole the plane, this man, richard russell, he flew for about an hour before it crashed in a heavily wooded area, an island. we now have audio from the cockpit to air traffic control while this was all goin...

Holding on runway one-six center. >> reporter: new audio from the moments they realized there's big problem rolling down the taxiway. tries and fails to make contact with the rogue horizon airline rogue. >> i'm not talking to him. >> flying out of the cargo area. scrambled now. >> reporter: that's the moment officials call for military fighter jets to intercept richard russell who stole the plane without a pilot's license. >> pilot guy, can this thing do a back flip? i'm going to play video games. >> reporter: after an hour, russell makes clear he's not landing. >> no. it's -- let's try to lan...

Crash. first, the puget sound region saw the low flying stolen plane. then the scrambled f-15s. but then we heard him, horizon air ground service agent richard russell, age 29. >> hey, can this do a back flip, do you think? maybe try a barrel roll and if that goes good, i'll go nose down and call it a night. >> no, let's try to land that airplane safely and not hurt anybody on the ground. >> all right. i don't know, man. i don't know. i don't want to. i was kind of hoping that was going to be it, you know. >> a troubled man who cleared background checks, and worked in a secured area of seattle...

Screws loose, i guess, never really knew it till now. you think about landing this successfully, they've they'll give me a job as a pilot? >> i think they will give you a job doing anything if you could pull this off. >> yeah, right. hey, guy, could can this thing to do a back flip you think? think i could do a barrel role and if that goes good i'll just go nose down and call it a night? >> let's try to land that airplane safely and not hurt anybody on the ground. >> all right. damn it, i don't know, man, i don't know. i don't want to. i was kind of hoping that was going to be it, you know. >>...

From seattle's international airport. >> what the [ bleep ] is he doing here. >> reporter: flying for an hour in daring fetes. scrambling fighter jets in response before going down in a fiery crash. >> all righty. hey, pilot guy, can this thing do a back flip, you think? >> what the hell. >> reporter: those familiar say the man piloting was 29-year-old robert russell. >> i have lifted a lot of bags, like a lot of bags. >> reporter: the approach to his routine in rainy days. >> ooh, a purple one. >> reporter: excite me he tried to recreate from the cockpit. >> i'm going to land it, like, a safe...