Youtuber admits to crashing planes to go viral and could be arrested

youtuber Trevor Jacobgoing viral in late 2021 for a video allegedly crashing on his own planepleaded guilty to deliberately causing the downgrade in order to gain more views.

According to the US Department of Justice, Jacob admitted to destroying and hiding evidence to hinder a forensic investigation.. In the United States, this crime Up to 20 years in prison at a federal agency.

Lies and covert ops

Investigations conducted by local authorities, who were concerned about the possible unreliability of the aircraft model, revealed that Jacob’s not only did he fake an accident, he also went to the scene of the plane crash to remove the wreckage. before specialization using helicopters, taking everything to a hut.

Still trying to clean up the evidence and delay investigations hid vehicle components this would prove that there were no failures and destroy what was left.

In the first statements, Jacob claimed that he did not know where the plane had crashed.. He also admitted that he lied when asked what happened to investigators from the country’s aviation department – youtuber at first claimed the engine was not running and that he did not identify a place to land, but instead chose to launch from the seat.

Youtuber with 138 thousand subscribers on his main channel, pilot license revoked in the United States after the start of the investigations. case He should be tried in the coming weeks. and since the accused has cooperated and has already confessed, the sentence will likely be reduced.

remember the case

On November 24, 2021, Jacob took a short trip in his small plane, for which he was licensed. It set off from Lompoc City Airport to Mammoth Lakes, but did not arrive at its intended destination.

at a certain moment, 35 minutes after takeoff and everything is videotapedyoutuber claims technical issues and removes from vehicle, parachuting to the ground and showing anxiety about returning home in an inhospitable environment. which plane cameras were installed on the instrument panel and on the wingcrashed to the ground and was destroyed.

The video, in which everything was recorded, was released in December of the same year and is currently accumulated. More than 3 million views. There’s even this in the clip: monetize a wallet brandthis only increased the community’s criticism of the action.