The YouTuber eventually stumbled upon the wreckage of his plane and retrieved the cameras, according to the Justice Department. “It’s so hot out here - I need water so bad,” lamented Jacob, who claimed he didn’t have cell phone service. The latter half of the video showed the purported plane crash survivor stumbling over bushes in the desert in the aftermath of his alleged crash-landing. Jacob had previously insisted that he did not purposely crash his plane for “views on YouYube” and simply has a habit of “filming everything I do.” YouTube/, TrevorJacob Investigators said that his ejection occurred around 35 minutes after takeoff, Storyful reported. Meanwhile, cameras installed in the pilotless plane provided a POV shot of the aircraft crashing into a mountainside. The high-flying faker, who has more than 118,000 YouTube subscribers, then jumped out of the moving aircraft with a parachute and filmed his descent using a selfie stick. Jacob’s solo flight seemingly went south after one of his propellers wound to a halt, whereupon he commented that he had “an engine out” and opened the plane door. In the video, which boasts 3.1 million views, the Los Angeles snowboarder - whose pilot license was revoked by the Federal Aviation Administration in April 2022 - could be seen passing above a mountain range while holding the ashes of his friend, base jumper Johnny Strange, who died in 2015. Trevor Jacob uses a selfie stick to film himself parachuting from his plane. The mile-high huckster’s so-called accident occurred in November 2021 while he was flying over Los Padres National Forest in Santa Barbara County. He agreed to plead guilty to one felony count of “destruction and concealment” with the goal of obstructing a federal investigation, charges that could land him a maximum 20-year prison sentence, the Justice Department said. Jacob confessed that he intended to make money from the crash as part of a sponsorship deal for the promotion of a company’s wallet on his channel, according to the United States Attorney’s Office. Trevor Jacob, a 29-year-old pilot and skydiver, copped to his unorthodox flight plan as part of a recent plea deal. Heartless thief steals wing from wreckage of deadly Tennessee plane crash that killed surgeonĤ kids - including a baby - found alive 2 weeks after horrific plane crashĪ California YouTuber could be facing serious jail time after revealing that he orchestrated a plane crash in an alleged attempt to garner views for his channel. Pilot forced to eject from stalled fighter jet before crash explosion near military baseĬolombian president retracts claim that 4 children were rescued from plane crash
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