YouTuber crashes with a plane - experts say it was on purpose
Created: 01/09/2022, 10:45 AM
From: Janik Boeck
Everything for the clicks.
A YouTuber posted a video showing his plane crashing.
However, experts doubt the crash was necessary.
Lompoc City, California - There are all sorts of curios to be found on platforms like YouTube and Twitch.
People who film themselves while sleeping, animal videos or sports clips - there is something for every taste.
The only condition: to be seen.
A YouTuber has now shown that some people are also willing to cross a line.
The apparently deliberately crashed his plane and then published the video.
Full name | Trevor Jacob |
birthday | August 6, 1993 |
place of birth | West Hills, California |
Followers on YouTube | 127,000 (as of January 6, 2022) |
Followers on Instagram | 85,400 (as of January 6, 2022) |
YouTuber shows plane crash: that happened
Who is the YouTuber?
The YouTuber is Trevor Jacob.
The 28-year-old American used to be an Olympic snowboarder and competed for the USA at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi.
He now runs the Trevor Jacob YouTube channel, among others, and has 127,000 subscribers there.
What can you see in the video?
He published the video of the plane crash on December 24, 2021. It is entitled
"I Crashed My Plane"
, which translates as
"I crashed my plane"
.
It shows Jacob standing in front of an airplane with a parachute on his back and announcing that he is going to paraglide into the mountains.
He wanted to scatter the ashes of a deceased friend.
Trevor Jacob jumps out of his plane in his YouTube video © YouTube: Trevor Jacob (Montage)
After a brief mention of his sponsor for the video, he starts his flight enjoying the beautiful weather. A little later the video shows how the plane's engine seems to fail while Jacob is crossing a mountain range. Then you can hear Jacob cursing. Immediately afterwards he begins to open the door, whereupon he jumps out of the flying plane and leaves the vehicle to its own devices to crash. Incidentally, a couple had a similarly unpleasant flight when they had to deal with a rioting man on the plane *.
What happens after the plane crash?
In the rest of the video, the YouTuber first visits the wreckage of the crashed plane after landing with the parachute.
Then he begins a hike to survive in search of water and people who can help him - according to his own statement, he has no cell phone reception.
In contrast, whoever flies far more successfully is a 19-year-old pilot who is circling the world in an airplane *.
YouTuber may crash plane on purpose
Therefore, the crash could have been deliberate:
Trevor Jacob's YouTube video has received almost 440,000 views as of January 6, 2022, 1:30 p.m.
His related post on Instagram has garnered almost 7,500 likes and over 1,000 comments.
However, many there seem to be convinced that he deliberately caused the plane crash.
Some people also spoke up on YouTube and analyzed the plane crash.
There they pointed to any inconsistencies in the video.
Here's a list of some of the things that pilots say don't make sense:
Jacob usually flies a different plane in his videos
The YouTuber claims that he always flies by parachute.
In other videos it is clear to see that this is a lie.
He only has the parachute with him if he intends to jump out of the plane.
In addition, according to flight instructor Robert Perry, it is not common to take a parachute with you on such a small plane.
During the entire crash scenario, the inside of the cockpit is not shown once.
But there is a camera that is visibly aimed at the instruments.
Jacob doesn't seem to try to restart the engine.
His first official act seems to be the jump.
Whenever the camera is about to show where Jacob came from, he cuts away
Some pilots suggest that there were definitely opportunities to land in the area
After the jump, the propeller continues to turn.
This means that it cannot have been a mechanical blockage.
Some onlookers wondered whether the plane was full enough.
He doesn't show the aircraft's registration number (he doesn't have a problem with his own).
Instead, it appears to have been painted over.
After the crash, he fights his way to the wreck in the scorching heat, without securing provisions from it.
Overall, there doesn't seem to be any provisions on the plane even though he wanted to paraglide.
A paraglider doesn't seem to be on board either.
During his march to survive, his shadow shows that he seems to be dragging his open parachute with him.
Many think this is a strange decision when looking for water in the heat.
This is how the YouTuber reacts:
Trevor Jacob has not uttered a word since the video was published. No photo was posted on Instagram after December 24th. Instead, he has turned off the comments under the YouTube video about the plane crash. He did the same on Instagram.
This threatens the YouTuber:
Deliberately crashing a plane is a criminal offense, according to the YouTubers who criticized Trevor Jacobs.
For this reason, Jacob is also being investigated by the Federal Aviation Administration, the federal aviation authority in the USA.
A result of this determination is still pending.
So the sentence cannot be determined.
The fact that in the event of an intentional fall he accepted that someone could have been injured on the ground should weigh heavily.
* Frankfurter neue Presse is an offer from IPPEN.MEDIA.