Trevor Jacob on the plane before letting it hit the ground
INDEPENDENT SCREEN SHOCKET
Sheet Independent On May 12.5, it was reported that American citizen Trevor Jacob faces up to 20 years in prison, related to the case of intentionally crashing a plane to the ground to get views (views) on the YouTube video sharing platform and then obstructing the process. investigation process.
The incident happened on November 24.11.2021, 65 when this young man got out of a Taylorcraft BL-3 single-engine plane. The plane crashed into a mountainside in Los Padres National Forest (California, USA), while he fell by parachute with about XNUMX cameras recording the incident.
On May 11.5, the US Department of Justice said that Jacob (29) had reached an agreement to plead guilty to destroying and concealing the downed plane, in order to obstruct the investigation process. Jacob is a YouTuber (who shares videos on YouTube), pilot and former Olympic snowboarder.
This young man hopes to attract many views with the video of the plane crashing. "I was flying over the mountains and the engine failed," he says in the footage, before darting head first out of the plane. In the video, Jacob also enlists to market a wallet.
Although the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) announced an investigation and requested cooperation, Jacob then hired vehicles to bring the wreckage to Lompoc Airport (California). and chopped to transfer to the scrap yard.
According to the Justice Department, Jacob is accused of deceiving authorities to "conceal the fact that he intentionally left the plane in flight to create videos for fame and money." This pilot was stripped of his pilot's license in April 4.2022 and faces the risk of being banned from flying forever. Jacob is expected to be sentenced in the next few months.
