Nancy Pelosi’s Taiwan visit: World’s most watched plane is a jet that can fly US speaker, FlightRadar24
The most watched plane in the world is currently a US Air Force jet that took off from Kuala Lumpur, as internet users sought to track US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi during her visit to Taiwan.
The most tracked plane in the world right now is WE Air Force jets take off from Kuala Lumpur, like Internet users sought to track US House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi during her trip to Taiwan.
Nearly 300,000 users are watching every move of “SPAR19”, an aircraft operated by the US Air Force Boeing C-40C, according to FlightRadar24. Taiwan’s Liberty Times previously reported that Pelosi is expected to arrive at 10:20 p.m. local time by private jet at Songshan Airport in Taipei, which also has a military base.
There is no official confirmation that Pelosi is on the plane. Her potential trip to Taiwan got angry Beijingwhich considers the island its territory and has warned of consequences if the voyage continues.
FlightRadar24, a popular aircraft tracking website, typically has several thousand interested aircraft tracking users – including emergency crash or inaugural flight.
Flight SPAR19 took off from Kuala Lumpur’s Subang Airport at around 3:40 p.m., but headed east toward the island of Borneo, flying near the Indonesian city of Manado before turning north to the Philippines – heading for the South China Sea.
The 10 most tracked flights in the world have arrived in Taiwan, according to FlightRadar24 data. The second most watched aircraft on Tuesday after SPAR19 was a China Airlines flight from Jakarta to Taipei, with nearly 20,000 followers.
Ian Petchenik, a spokesman for FlightRadar24, said the US Air Force jet was among the top five most tracked aircraft ever. The top flight on that list drew 550,000 users, who also followed Russian opposition politician Alexey Navalny, as he boarded a commercial jet to Russia after receiving treatment following a suspected poisoning. suspected of endangering his life.
The flight-tracking website is working to add more resources, Petchenik said, citing “extreme payloads” due to the popularity of online aircraft detection. It shows no indication that the website and app problems encountered Tuesday were of a malicious nature.
