Reports of man flying in jet pack near LAX prompt FBI call for public’s help
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| Reports of man flying in jet pack near LAX prompt FBI call for public's help |
Reports of man flying in jet pack near LAX prompt
On Sunday, two commercial airline pilots reported seeing a man flying with a jetpack at about 3,000 ft in the air during their final approach to Los Angeles International Airport.
The FBI released a map on Twitter suggesting the area they were studying was in Southeast L.A. County, on the approach pattern for jets at LAX. The map shows a line running west of the 710 freeway around Bell, Huntington Park and Cudahy.
“Agents are investigating, and as we continue to seek answers, we ask that anyone with information about this event contact the FBI,” the agency said in a statement, noting that in Los Angeles, it can be reached 24 hours a day at (310) 477-6565. “The FBI takes seriously any event that threatens U.S. airspace and investigates all alleged violations,” it added.
The LAX control tower received reports of the jet pack Sunday at around 6:45 p.m.
The pilot of American Airlines Flight 1997, which came from Philadelphia, told air traffic control that they had just passed a guy wearing a jetpack around 6:35 p.m. Sunday on their last leg of landing.
“American 1997, OK, thank you. Were they off to your left or right side?” the tower operator answered.
“Off the left side, maybe 300 yards or so, about our altitude,” the pilot responded.
“We just saw the guy pass us by in the jet pack,” a pilot from Jet Blue Airways then told the tower, which warned another pilot about the sighting.
“Only in L.A.,” the air traffic controller said at one point.
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