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

submitted 9 months ago by misk@sopuli.xyz to c/nottheonion@lemmy.world

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[–] QuinceDaPence@kbin.social 10 points 9 months ago (1 children)

There was no fireball, he probably had just a small amount of fuel and shut off the valves before bailing, but we don't know because he had the plane helilifted out and destroyed, destroying the evidence. In his video he went to the plane after to get his gopros, and it's just kinda smushed. If there was a fireball it probably would have started a wildfire, which is part of the reason he's going to jail.

[–] ours@lemmy.world 3 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Also these kinds of planes tend to keep more or less stable when not given input due to their design. So no dramatic nosedive, probably just steadily dropped altitude as it lost speed.

[–] QuinceDaPence@kbin.social 5 points 9 months ago

Some other pilot pointed out it looks like he fucked the trim all up before jumping out so it would spiral