An American YouTuber, also an airplane pilot, faces up to twenty years in prison for deliberately crashing his aircraft, while escaping in mid-flight, and posting the video on the internet.
A video more than risky. US authorities have said Trevor Jacob, a YouTuber and plane pilot, faces up to 20 years in prison for crashing his plane in a California forest.
Titled ‘I crashed my plane’, Trevor Jacob’s video has achieved nearly 3 million views.
The facts date back to November 2021, when the youtuber followed by nearly 138,000 subscribers filmed himself in full flight over the Los Padres National Forest in the United States. In the images, he seems to have a technical problem and decides to eject from the plane while holding a selfie stick.
Cameras were also placed on the device which ended up crashing in this 7,700 km2 forest.
In the rest of the video, Trevor Jacob goes in search of the wreckage and then turns around, going through bushes and hills, looking lost.
An investigation opened by federal agencies
A few weeks later, federal agencies decided to open an investigation to clarify the circumstances of the crash.
Faced with this, Trevor Jacob said he did not know where the wreckage of the plane was, but court documents proved that he and a friend had taken the wreckage out of the forest with a helicopter, two weeks after the accident. video shooting.
The youtubeur then cut the device into several pieces, before throwing them in trash cans to hinder the progress of the investigation.
According to a Justice Department statement, he also admitted to lying about a report that the plane had encountered a technical problem.
Ultimately, Trevor Jacob pleaded guilty to destroying and concealing evidence for the purpose of obstructing a federal investigation. A crime punishable by up to twenty years in prison.
2023-05-12 09:19:48
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