Pilots Report Flying by a 'Guy in a Jetpack' at LAX
The pilots say they spotted the person about 3,000 above the ground.
Sunday, August 30
An FAA spokesperson says the incident was reported by crews on Southwest Airlines and American Airlines flights who say they saw “what appeared to be someone in a jet pack” around 6:35 p.m. Sunday near the airport.
Moreno, who has been flying commercially for over 30 years, said the jet pack wouldn’t get picked up by the control tower’s radar because it is too small. However, he noted that pilots are trained to try to out maneuver threats like this.
David Mayman, CEO of Los Angeles-based Jetpacking Aviation, said he believes that the pilots most likely saw a drone.
“The likelihood of a real turbine-powered jet pack taking off from the L.A. area, getting up to 3,000 feet, maneuvering long enough to be sighted by two airliners and then coming back down and landing — it’s very, very low,” he said.
An unidentified man was seen flying in a jetpack near the Los Angeles International Airport ... again.
The man was spotted by a flight crew around 1:45 p.m. Wednesday, the Federal Aviation Administration confirmed to CNN.
"A China Airlines crew reported seeing what appeared to be someone in a jet pack at an approximate altitude of 6,000 feet, about seven miles northwest of Los Angeles International Airport," the FAA said in a statement.
When it comes to weird stories that keep getting weirder, the elusive "Jet Pack Guy" of Los Angeles pretty much takes the cake. After multiple reported sightings from airline pilots on more than one occasion of a guy in a jet pack flying around at thousands of feet near Los Angeles International Airport—some of the most congested airspace on earth—as well as ongoing FAA and FBI investigations into the matter, we now have credible video of what seems to be the flying object in question.
The footage doesn't come to us from some random Reddit board or YouTube channel, either. It was taken during an instructional flight from Sling Pilot Academy in the training area off Palos Verdes. We reached out to the flight school, which is based out of Zamperini Field, in Torrance, California for additional details.
Possible sighting of the jet pack guy captured on video.
