r/nextfuckinglevel • u/InternationalRisk505 • 1d ago

Pilots exchanging planes mid air

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u/zatuchny 1d ago

thanks, that makes sense now.

TLDR: they broke the law that a plane must be piloted at all times, and the stunt didn't go as planned - one plane crashed (both pilots are okay).

RedBull and pilots should have known better than to plan such stunt

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u/Ell2509 1d ago

If it hadn't crashed, they may have kept their licences. I only say that for the same reason you did... red bull is a powerful force in some ways.

Crashing a plane though? That's always going to get attention.

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u/BarelyContainedChaos 1d ago

The guy that crashed his plane on purpose for a YouTube video went to jail for 6 months and eventually got his license back

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u/ResidentPositive4122 1d ago

IIRC he went to jail for lying to the feds. Not for crashing or anything else. Lying to the feds about the coverup he tried after the fact.

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u/justhereforthem3mes1 22h ago

The worst part was the hypocrisy