Caught on camera: Dramatic moment pilot wanted for killing his girlfriend stole a commercial plane and crashed it into airport terminal



Brian Hedglin, 40, went on rampage in a 50-seat passenger jet at St George Municipal airport in Utah days after stabbing his girlfriend to death in July

Video footage of an airline pilot, on the run after murdering his girlfriend, stealing a passenger jet and crashing it into an airport terminal building has been released.

Brian Hedglin, 40, went on the rampage in a 50-seat passenger jet at St George Municipal airport in Utah days after stabbing his girlfriend to death in July.



Newly released CCTV video taken at 12.49am on July 17 shows the aircraft bumping up and down as it tears through a car park, knocking down street lamps, security fences and trees before ploughing into rental vehicles, leaving 14 cars damaged.

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Surveillance tape: Brian Hedglin, 40, reverses the empty SkyWest plane away from a jet bridge at St George Municipal airport in Utah in July. At the time he was wanted for the murder of his girlfriend Impact: As the plane shoots past, its left wing tears through a terminal building...

... and as the wing emerges on the other side it sends glass and other debris flying everywhere

Rampage: The aircraft tears through a car rental car park at the top of this surveillance image

Another surveillance camera captured the moment Hedglin reversed the empty SkyWest plane, which can carry 50 passengers, away. He then drove the aircraft forwards, clipping the jet bridge.



The most spectacular footage shows the plane's left wing tearing through a terminal buiding before slamming into a number of cars.

Hedglin - who worked for Skywest - then shot himself in the cockpit.



Police said Hedglin drove his motorbike to the airport, which was closed, and scaled a razor wire fence, using a rug for protection.



An officer making routine rounds noticed the rug over the fence and moments later heard the sound of a plane's engine firing up.



On the run: Hedglin (left) was wanted for the murder of his girlfriend, Christina Cornejo (right). He shot himself dead i the aircraft after it had come to a halt



Evidence: The plane was severely damaged in the incident, its left wing completely torn away

Disruption: The Utah airport remained closed to commercial traffic after the incident in July as the FBI and the Transportation Security Administration launched an investigation

He found the craft idling, boarded it and discovered Hedglin dead, a gunshot wound to his head. A H&K semi-automatic pistol was beside his body.

Police said he had a bandage covering what looked like a stab wound on the right of his chest and a bruise on the left side of his back.



He was wanted in connection with the death of Christina Cornejo, 39, in Colorado Springs.



Her body was found at his home a few days before the hijacking by police doing a welfare check at the request of her family. She had been stabbed to death.



Hedglin dated Cornejo for four years and was arrested in March after claims he had been harassing her.



Out-of-service: The plane lies in the midst of a pile of rental cars Clear-up: A crane was used to move the damaged plane

Scene: St George Municipal Airport in Utah, where Hedglin tried to steal the plane

They were both members of the Colorado National Guard. Hedglin had served part-time since 2008 as a chef and had never been deployed.



Cornejo was full-time, having worked for the Guard since 2006, becoming an officer in 2011.



Hedglin was believed to have been free on $10,000 bail when Cornejo was found dead.

