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 Message 244 
 Vincent Coen to Aviation HQ 
 Guy in a jet-pack over LA 
 04 Sep 20 16:08:25 
 
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Hello Aviation!

Thursday September 03 2020 16:31, you wrote to All:

 > Several pilots spotted a man in a jetpack over Los Angeles recently.
 > The man flew at an altitude of almost a kilometer, on an approach
 > route to the airport. The FBI has started an investigation.

 > The jetpack man was first spotted by the pilots of American Airlines
 > flight 1997 from Philadelphia. They informed air traffic control that
 > he flew less than 300 meters from their Airbus A321. A short time
 > later, the pilots of a SkyWest flight also reported it.

 > It is of course very dangerous to fly with a jetpack at that altitude.
 > If such a person collides with an airplane, it will almost certainly
 > lead to a serious incident. The jetpack man is still being searched
 > for. For now there doesn't seem to be any trace of him.


Did he not file a IFR flight plan as it sound like he was in the approach
phase ?

:)

Vincent

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