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Remember the LAX jet pack sighting a little while ago? There's been another one

2 pointsby arzelover 4 years ago

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guiambrosover 4 years ago
Funny how the traffic controllers handled the report, as if it was the most common thing ever:<p><i>“Tower, American 1997. We just passed a guy in a jet pack,” an American Airlines pilot stated in a call to the control tower.<p>“American 1997, OK, thank you. Were they off to your left or right side?” the tower operator asked.<p>“Off the left side, maybe 300 yards or so, about our altitude,” the pilot responded.<p>“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.<p>“Only in L.A.,” the air traffic controller said at one point.</i>
jbealesover 4 years ago
ATC warning of a jetpack reported at 14:36 here: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;archive-server.liveatc.net&#x2F;klax&#x2F;KLAX-Final-Oct-14-2020-2030Z.mp3" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;archive-server.liveatc.net&#x2F;klax&#x2F;KLAX-Final-Oct-14-20...</a><p>Edit: The incoming report from the pilot is at 7:23 of this file: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;archive-server.liveatc.net&#x2F;klax&#x2F;KLAX4N-Final-North-Oct-14-2020-2030Z.mp3" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;archive-server.liveatc.net&#x2F;klax&#x2F;KLAX4N-Final-North-O...</a>