The most-tracked plane in the world right now is an US Air Pressure jet that became popular from Kuala Lumpur, as Internet users seek to track US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on a trip to Taiwan.
Almost three hundred, 000 users are following every move of “SPAR19”, the US Air Force-operated Boeing C-40C, according to FlightRadar24. Taiwan’s Liberty Situations newspaper had earlier reported that Pelosi can be expected to arrive at 10. 20pm local period via private aircraft at Songshan airport terminal in Taipei, which also hosts the military base.
There is no official verification that Pelosi can be on the plane. The girl potential trip to Taiwan has infuriated Beijing, which views the island as its territory and has warned of consequences if the journey goes ahead.
FlightRadar24, a popular aircraft-tracking website, normally offers several thousand users subsequent aircraft of interest – including emergency incidents or inaugural flights.
The SPAR19 flight took off from Kuala Lumpur’s Subang Airport at around 3. 40pm, but headed east towards Borneo island rather than northeast to Taiwan.
The top 10 most-tracked flights on earth were going to Taiwan, according to FlightRadar24 data. The second most-tracked airplane on Tuesday right after SPAR19 was a The far east Airlines flight through Jakarta to Taipei, with almost twenty, 000 followers.
A representative for the air travel tracking company couldn’t immediately respond to demands for comment. – Bloomberg