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YouTuber Trevor Jacob jailed after crashing plane for views (www.bbc.co.uk)

submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 88 points 11 months ago (2 children)

i started to read the article and thought 'these are dumb alarmist charges, boys can't even have hobbies anymore', and i read this

The plane crashed into the Los Padres National Forest 35 minutes after take-off. Jacob hiked to the site and recovered the footage. He then uploaded the video entitled "I crashed my airplane" to YouTube on 23 December, which contained a promotion for a wallet company, prosecutors said.

and now i'm totally on their side

[–] [email protected] 114 points 11 months ago (2 children)

it's even worse.

he delayed the research of the site by providing wrong information (while he knew perfectly where the crashed plane was... because he walk to it to get the videos footage)
payed an helicopter to extract the plane scrape to a secret location (while ntsb was still looking for the crash site)
then destroyed the evidence, so the ntsb could not perform any checks

i could add also that he had a fire extinguisher hide in his pant (to be able to access the footage if the plane was still on fire i presume), the original motor was may be replaced before the crash, the plane door was not properly lock (to facilitate his jump)... ha and yes, he had a jumpsuit (no fitting a normal pilot activity)...

Well, all of that was badly done. He's a piece of shit that should never flight again.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 11 months ago

And in addition to all of that. That plane was more than capable of doing an engine out landing in areas you can see in his video. But within seconds of issues he desides to pull back on the stick (to stop the prop for drama) and decides to jump out. He does no troubleshooting or looking for an appropriate landing site even though several good locations can be seen.

Even if you had to crash land, that plane can go slow enough that it's a better option than jumping out. Skydiving into the wilderness isn't a great idea.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 11 months ago

He's a piece of shit that should never flight again.

I'm sure you mean pilot, but I agree and mean leave the ground

[–] [email protected] 40 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

It gets worse. Video is from Juan Browne, an airline pilot and reliable source of airflight news analysis.