Man flying in jetpack spotted by airplanes near Los Angeles

[NewYorkExpress]

https://www.cnn.com/2020/10/14/us/jetpack-guy-back-lax-trnd/index.html

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.

The FAA said it alerted local law enforcement agencies and are investigating the report.
Similar sightings of a man in a jetpack near LAX were reported to the FAA in September.
An American Airlines flight was the first to report a "guy in a jetpack" at the plane's' altitude of 3,000 feet above Los Angeles International Airport on September 1. The aircraft's crew said that the man was approximately 30 yards away from the aircraft. About 10 minutes later, another plane spotted the man.

[dead0man]

3000 feet is SUPER high for a jet pack (in that it takes a LOT of energy to get them to that altitude and back down within reasonable safety margins....not that someone willing to fly over LA in a jet pack without permission is someone that would concern themselves with safety margins), I suspect it's a drone of some kind with a mannequin.

[RI]

LA is one of the last places I'd want to be flying with a jetpack. There are so many planes and helicopters flying around the entire city constantly.