For the second time in six weeks, crew members on a commercial airliner flying near Los Angeles International Airport on Wednesday found that they were sharing the skies with a person soaring solo over Southern California in a jetpack. The latest encounter was reported to have occurred at an altitude of 6,000 feet — nearly six times the height of the Wilshire Grand Tower, the tallest building not only in Los Angeles but west of the Mississippi. A China Airlines crew spotted the person about 1:45 p.m. Wednesday roughly seven miles northwest of the airport, the Federal Aviation Administration said. The agency is investigating the report. A spokeswoman for the Federal Bureau of Investigation said the agency “is investigating multiple reports of what, according to witnesses, appeared to be an individual in a jetpack near LAX.” Federal officials said last month that they were investigating the earlier jetpack sighting by two commercial pilots.

Source: International New York Times October 15, 2020 01:09 UTC