Airline crews report jetpack flier near Los Angeles
airport
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LOS ANGELES (AP) - The Federal Aviation Administration
and the FBI said Tuesday they are investigating reports from airline pilots that
someone was flying in a jetpack as they approached Los Angeles International
Airport to land last weekend.
"Two airline flight crews reported seeing
what appeared to be someone in a jetpack as they were on their final approaches
to LAX around 6:35 p.m. PDT Sunday," the FAA said.
The statement did not
elaborate.
The Los Angeles Times reported Tuesday that the FBI has
launched an investigation.
FBI spokeswoman Laura Eimiller told the Times
that agents at the airport were investigating after the pilot reported the
incident to the control tower. "The FBI is aware of the reports by pilots on
Sunday and is working to determine what occurred," the agency said in a
statement.
Fox 11 Los Angeles obtained recordings of communications
between the aircraft and the tower.
"Tower, American 1997, we just passed
a guy in a jetpack," a pilot said.
"American 1997, OK, thank you, were
they off to your left side or your right side?" the controller
asked.
"Off the left side at maybe 300 yards or so at our altitude," the
pilot said.
Another pilot also reported a sighting.
"We just saw
the guy pass by us in the jetpack," he said.
The controller then advised
another aircraft flight crew to use caution.
"Person in a jetpack
reported 300 yards south of the LA final at about 3,000 feet (914 meters),
10-mile (16-kilometer) final," the controller said.
Industry expert David
Mayman was dubious that it was a jetpack spotted by the pilots.
"It's
very, very unlikely with the existing technology," said Mayman, CEO of the Los
Angeles-based company Jetpack Aviation. "I'm open to being surprised. But I
don't think there's anyone working on technology that could do a flight from
ground level to 3,000 feet and then come back down again."
Mayman
speculated that it could have been a drone, but he added that 3,000 feet was on
the high end of what most drones were capable of.
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