US murder suspect tried to steal plane

A pilot suspected of killing his ex-girlfriend stole an empty passenger jet from a Utah airport, crashed it near a terminal, then killed himself.

Brian Hedglin, 40, who worked for SkyWest Airlines, used a rug to scale the razor wire-topped security fence at the St George Municipal Airport overnight yesterday and drove off with the SkyWest jet, St George city spokesman Marc Mortenson said.