YouTuber who faked his aircraft crash for video faces 20 years in jail

Trevor Jacob admitted that he wished to hinder the progress of the investigation by eradicating the wreckage and partnered with an organization to make the video to earn money.

A YouTuber, an airline pilot who intentionally despatched his aircraft crashing into the bottom whereas escaping mid-flight earlier than posting the video on-line, might be sentenced to twenty years in jail, US authorities stated Thursday.

The YouTuber flew throughout California in November 2021 in his video titled “I Crashed My Airplane,” which has almost three million views.

Trevor Jacob appears to face a technical drawback throughout the flight and exits the aircraft (selfie stick in hand), parachutes, and lands in the midst of nature.

The aircraft crashed in Los Padres Nationwide Forest. All this was captured by the cameras put in on the aircraft. Trevor Jacob then walks to the ruins, the place he sees with disappointment that the water provide he was carrying has disappeared.

Viewers watch as he struggles to regain civilization as he advances by way of the bushes and over the mountains. He explains being thirsty and misplaced.

He pleads responsible

A number of weeks later, federal companies started an investigation to make clear the circumstances of the crash. Trevor ordered Jacob to maintain the wreckage of his aircraft.

The YouTuber stated he didn’t know the place the aircraft crashed, however in line with court docket paperwork, he and a pal used a helicopter to retrieve the wreckage from the woods two weeks after the incident. He then lower the aircraft into small items and threw them within the trash.

He admitted to mendacity when he instructed investigators that there was a technical drawback with the aircraft, in line with a Justice Ministry assertion.

The YouTuber pleaded responsible to destroying and concealing proof with intent to impede a federal investigation, a felony that carries a most sentence of 20 years in jail.