"Only in L.A."

[Truckdriver]

https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zo...ort-a-guy-in-jetpack-flying-alongside-them-on

As if 2020 couldn't get any weirder, airline pilots landing at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) on Sunday, August 30th, reported seeing "a guy in a jetpack" flying about 300 yards off their wing while on final approach to the bustling airport. What makes the reports even stranger is that, like a scene out of The Rocketeer, the airliners were descending through 3,000 feet when jetpack guy showed up next to them

Fox 11 broke the story and has the air traffic control audio clips which you can listen to here. The exchanges went like this according to their report:

American Flight 1997: "Tower, American 1997, we just passed a guy in a jetpack."

Tower: "American 1997, OK, thank you. Were they off to your left or right side?"



American Flight 1997: "Off the left side, maybe 300 yards or so, about our altitude."

Fox 11 reports a Skywest pilot confirmed the sighting:

Skywest Flight: "We just saw the guy passing by us in the jetpack."



Then the tower alerted an incoming Jet Blue flight to the reported hazard:

Tower: "Jet Blue 23, use caution, a person in a jetpack reported 300 yards south of the LA final at about 3,000 feet, 10 mile final."

Jet Blue 23: "Jet Blue 23, we heard and we are definitely looking."



Another pilot chimed in: "Only in LA."

I have no words

 

[RETOKSQUID]

Did the Taco Bell drive through guy make bail already?

 

[okierider]

It was just them shooting next of 4000th Iron Man Marvel comics movies!! Nothing to see here , move along !!

 

[John6185]

Jet packs must be more common than we thought. Only a nut would fly close to an airliner, turbulence and other factors could take the guy out.

 

[dennishoddy]

Somebody is going to visit the crossbar hotel when identified.