LOS ANGELES - Pilots landing at Los Angeles airport over the weekend reported seeing a person in a jet pack flying right next to them.

The Federal Bureau of Investigation said Tuesday it had launched a probe.


At least two airline crews approaching the airport Sunday evening reported seeing the jet pack flying in the path of incoming planes.

"Tower, American 1997. We just passed a guy in a jet pack," an American Airlines pilot on his final approach to Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) said in a radio transmission aired by a local television network.

The pilot said the jet pack was spotted 275 meters away, on the left side of the plane which was flying at 3,000 feet (915 meters).

A second pilot from a different airline is then heard saying "we just saw the guy passing by us in the jet pack."

"Only in LA," an incredulous air traffic controller replied.

A spokesman with the Federal Aviation Administration said the agency was looking into the incident.


Airline experts told local media the incident was probably a prank that could have ended in tragedy, considering the jet pack could have been sucked into one of the jet engines or caused a crash.