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Business Insider
16 hours ago
- Business
- Business Insider
Bill Gates and Kylie Jenner's private jets among those flooding into Venice ahead of Jeff Bezos' wedding
Kim Kardashian 's Gulfstream G650 touched down at Marco Polo Airport on Thursday morning, according to flight-tracking data from ADS-B Exchange. The G650, which costs about $65 million, departed Los Angeles 10 hours earlier. Khloe Kardashian and Kris Jenner were also photographed with her in Venice, boarding a water taxi, before they met Orlando Bloom and the fashion designer Domenico Dolce. Kardashian attended Snchez's bachelorette party in Paris last month, which included a boat ride down the Seine. Kylie Jenner's Bombardier Global 7500 arrived from Budapest around 3:30 p.m. local time, soon followed by Bill Gates ' G650, which came from Brussels. Earlier in the day, Oprah Winfrey 's G700 also landed in Venice, per ADS-B Exchange. Business Insider's reporter in Venice saw Winfrey and the broadcaster Gayle King boarding a boat by the airport. The NFL legend Tom Brady was also pictured at the dock around noon, shortly after a charter jet arrived from Miami, and former Google CEO Eric Schmidt's Gulfstream G650 landed about 1:30 p.m. local time. Another G650, which JetSpy says is owned by James Murdoch, the son of the media mogul Rupert Murdoch, landed in Venice on Thursday, too. So did another jet belonging to hedge fund billionaire John Griffin. Plus, Queen Rania of Jordan arrived on a government G650. Hollywood agent Ari Emanuel and his wife, fashion designer Sarah Staudinger, were also photographed arriving. They appear to have traveled on a Global 6000 owned by Endeavor Group Holdings, of which Emanuel is CEO. Endeavor's executive chairman, Patrick Whitesell, is Snchez's ex-husband. Bezos, who is one of the world's richest people and is worth just over $230 billion, owns three planes, according to JetSpy. Two aircraft — the G700 and a G650 — have been hopping around the Mediterranean in recent days. They were both parked across the Adriatic Sea in Dubrovnik on Thursday. Bezos and Snchez kicked off their pre-wedding celebrations on Tuesday with a foam party on his $500 million superyacht, Koru, parked just off the Croatian coast. Tuesday also saw the first pictures of guests at the Venice airport, including Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump. Fashion designer Diane von Furstenberg's G500 landed about midday, and she was photographed at the water taxi dock. A Bombardier Global 7500 owned by her husband, the Fox cofounder Barry Diller, arrived in Venice at about noon on Wednesday, per ADS-B Exchange data. Rising activity "Jeff Bezos' wedding this week in Venice is likely to draw an influx of bizjets to nearby airports," said WingX, an aviation data firm. It added that business-jet activity had already "risen significantly," with 33 arrivals into Venice and nearby Treviso on Sunday, almost double from a week earlier. Data from Flightradar24, which doesn't display most private-jet arrivals for privacy reasons, showed five large business jets were scheduled to land on Thursday. That's compared with two on Wednesday, one on Tuesday, and none on Monday.
Business Insider
a day ago
- Business
- Business Insider
Private jets are starting to flood into Venice as celebrities and titans of business arrive for Jeff Bezos' wedding
Celebrities and their private jets have started landing in Venice ahead of the celebrations for Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sánchez's wedding. Kim Kardashian 's Gulfstream G650 touched down at Marco Polo Airport on Thursday morning, according to flight-tracking data from ADS-B Exchange. Khloe Kardashian and Kris Jenner were also photographed with her, boarding a water taxi. The G650, which costs around $65 million, departed Los Angeles 10 hours earlier. Kardashian previously attended Sánchez's bachelorette party in Paris last month, which included a boat ride down the Seine. Then, around 10 a.m. local time, Oprah Winfrey 's G700 also landed in Venice, per ADS-B Exchange. Business Insider's reporter in Venice saw Winfrey and broadcaster Gayle King boarding a boat at the airport. A G650, which JetSpy data says is owned by media mogul James Murdoch, son of Rupert, landed in Venice on Thursday, too, as did another jet belonging to hedge fund billionaire John Griffin. Bezos, the world's fourth-richest person, owns three planes, according to JetSpy. Two of them, the G700 and a G650, have been hopping around the Mediterranean in recent days. At the moment, they're both parked across the Adriatic Sea in Dubrovnik. Bezos and Sánchez kicked off their pre-wedding celebrations on Tuesday with a foam party on his $500 million superyacht Koru, parked just off the Croatian coast. Tuesday also saw the first guests land in Venice, including Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump. Fashion designer Diane von Furstenberg's G500 landed around midday, and she was photographed at the water-taxi dock. A Bombardier Global 7500 owned by her husband, the Fox cofounder Barry Diller, arrived in Venice around noon on Wednesday, per ADS-B Exchange data. Data from Flightradar24, which doesn't display most private-jet arrivals for privacy reasons, showed five large business jets were scheduled to land on Thursday. That's compared to two on Wednesday, one on Tuesday, and none on Monday. The Guardian reported that more than 90 private jets are expected to land in Venice before the celebrations begin.
New York Times
27-04-2025
- General
- New York Times
Missteps, Equipment Problems and a Common but Risky Practice Led to a Fatal Crash
As they flew south along the Potomac River on the gusty night of Jan. 29, the crew aboard an Army Black Hawk helicopter attempted to execute a common aviation practice. It would play a role in ending their lives. Shortly after the Black Hawk passed over Washington's most famous array of cherry trees, an air traffic controller at nearby Ronald Reagan National Airport alerted the crew to a regional passenger jet in its vicinity. The crew acknowledged seeing traffic nearby. One of the pilots then asked for permission to employ a practice called 'visual separation.' That allows a pilot to take control of navigating around other aircraft, rather than relying on the controller for guidance. 'Visual separation approved,' the controller replied. The request to fly under those rules is granted routinely in airspace overseen by controllers. Most of the time, visual separation is executed without note. But when mishandled, it can also create a deadly risk — one that aviation experts have warned about for years. On Jan. 29, the Black Hawk crew did not execute visual separation effectively. The pilots either did not detect the specific passenger jet the controller had flagged, or could not pivot to a safer position. Instead, one second before 8:48 p.m., the helicopter slammed into American Airlines Flight 5342, which was carrying 64 people to Washington from Wichita, Kan., killing everyone aboard both aircraft in a fiery explosion that lit the night sky over the river. One error did not cause the worst domestic crash in the United States in nearly a quarter-century. Modern aviation is designed to have redundancies and safeguards that prevent a misstep, or even several missteps, from being catastrophic. On Jan. 29, that system collapsed. Hillcrest Heights MARYLAND Plane path WASHINGTON Blue Plains Last recorded locations Helicopter path 313 feet 278 feet Reagan National Airport Plane was headed to Runway 33 Potomac River Control tower VIRGINIA Aurora Highlands MARYLAND Plane path WASHINGTON Last recorded locations Blue Plains Helicopter path 313 feet Potomac River 278 feet Plane was headed to Runway 33 Reagan National Airport Control tower VIRGINIA Aurora Highlands WASHINGTON Plane path Last recorded locations Helicopter path Potomac River 313 feet 278 feet Reagan National Airport Control tower Plane was headed to Runway 33 VIRGINIA Sources: U.S. National Transportation Safety Board Report; Flight data by Flightradar24 (American Airlines jet) and ADS-B Exchange (Army helicopter); aerial image by Google Earth Studio with data from SIO, NOAA, and U.S. Navy. By The New York Times At an altitude of 200 feet within the designated route, helicopters fly at 75 feet below airplanes approaching Runway 33. This vertical separation decreases if helicopters are farther from the eastern bank of the river. 800 feet Flight 5342's last recorded position 600 400 MARGIN Safe approach area 200 Helicopter route Runway 33 Potomac River ¼ mile At an altitude of 200 feet within the designated route, helicopters fly at 75 feet below airplanes approaching Runway 33. This vertical separation decreases if helicopters are farther from the eastern bank of the river. 1,000 feet 800 600 Safe approach area 400 MARGIN 200 Helicopter route Flight 5342's last recorded position Potomac River ¼ mile About ½ mile to Runway 33 Source: Flightradar24 and FAA By The New York Times Want all of The Times? Subscribe.
CBC
08-03-2025
- Politics
- CBC
We logged every RCMP Black Hawk flight for 6 weeks. Here's what we found
Social Sharing After weeks of near-daily flights, the RCMP's much-hyped Black Hawk helicopters have been used to stop one illegal border crossing from the U.S. into Canada since patrolling began in January, according to the RCMP and analysis by CBC News. The national police force leased the choppers as part of Ottawa's $1.3 billion border security upgrade, following U.S. President Donald Trump's initial threat to impose tariffs on Canada if it didn't do more to stem the southward flow of migrants and fentanyl. CBC's visual investigations unit analyzed all the flights taken by the choppers — which use the tail registrations C-FHKS and C-FHLY, visible in footage — over six weeks. Using the flight tracking website ADS-B Exchange, the team logged 68 flights between Jan. 17 — when patrolling officially began — and Feb. 28. The team looked primarily at flights along the border, and excluded those that appeared to be for transit or refuelling. It was not possible, based on the data, to determine exactly how the choppers were being deployed. The RCMP repeatedly declined to share specifics with CBC News, but said the Black Hawks give the force a "rapid response capability" for the roughly 9,000-kilometre Canada-U.S. border. The RCMP also would not offer any specifics on the Black Hawks' involvement in stopping migrants or fentanyl entering the U.S. Still, it was possible to spot trends. The choppers were in the air for just under four hours at a time on average, mostly in the daytime, and made multiple stops at different airports along their route, which often encompassed long stretches of the border. Across the country over the same period, the RCMP stopped 15 people trying to cross illegally from the U.S. in three separate operations. In only one case was a Black Hawk involved. According to the RCMP, leasing the Black Hawks from Ottawa's Helicopter Transport Services cost taxpayers $5.3 million — part of an effort to mollify Trump and avert the tariffs. It has been, to a degree, "border security theatre" said Wesley Wark, senior fellow at the Centre for International Governance Innovation, a think-tank in Waterloo, Ont. "We're putting up hardware into the skies, Black Hawk helicopters, we're putting up 24/7 surveillance on the border," he said. "It's designed to appease the United States." Tracking the illegal border crossing On Feb. 23, C-FHKS took off from Carp Airport, near Ottawa, at around 8:49 a.m. ET, according to flight tracking data. At around 9:21 a.m., it was just east of Cornwall approaching the border between Quebec and New York state, flying at under 800 feet. C-FHKS had previously, over a period of several weeks, made approximately 21 flights in and around this border area. But what made this day stand out was, for the first time in six weeks, that Black Hawk was apparently deployed in an illegal crossing operation. Flight tracking data became unavailable at around 9:25 a.m., but just after 10:30 a.m. the chopper re-emerged — heading northeast toward Saint-Jean Airport in Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Que. CBC News can't confirm whether this was exactly when it was involved in the operation, but RCMP said in a statement that a Black Hawk was called in that morning to help search for migrants in the woods for a rescue that lasted nearly eight hours. RCMP also said that 20 police officers were involved in arresting two people who were attempting to smuggle five others near the Canada-U.S. border crossing around Hinchinbrooke, Que., overnight. The five people were suffering from hypothermia, the release said. The driver and alleged smuggler were arrested. The latter was released on a promise to appear in court and will face charges, according to the RCMP. Flight patterns Flight trends also showed the Black Hawks patrolling borders in B.C., Alberta, Manitoba, Ontario and New Brunswick. C-FHKS stayed primarily in Eastern Canada, going between Ontario and New Brunswick. The bulk of its flights were along the border between Quebec and New York state. C-FHLY mostly monitored the Prairies and the West Coast, with 16 of its patrols following the Manitoba-North Dakota border. The Black Hawks aren't the only part of the RCMP border surveillance arsenal: It also uses drones, surveillance planes and surveillance towers. The force announced in February that it arrested migrants crossing the border illegally on Jan. 14 with the help of a surveillance plane, and released dramatic thermal footage from the operation. More operations are expected as part of the $1.3 billion package to bolster border security. But the choppers, both of which are more than 40 years old, have become the most visible and flashiest parts of this plan and they have security experts wondering: Why Black Hawks? And why now? "It's not clear to me that aerial surveillance is the greatest challenge that we face at the border, in part because the United States already runs very rigorous aerial surveillance across and along the entire border," said Christian Leuprecht, professor at Royal Military College of Canada and Queen's University.
Yahoo
30-01-2025
- General
- Yahoo
The deadly midair crash over D.C. area in charts and maps
Investigators are searching for answers after a midair collision near Washington, D.C., on Wednesday evening killed 67 people. The crash took place at around 8:48 p.m. near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, just south of the city, when a small passenger plane making its final approach to the airport collided with an Army graphics below illustrate what we know about the crash so far. They will be updated as more information is made available. The collision involved American Eagle Flight 5342, a small plane carrying 60 passengers and four crew members, and an Army Black Hawk helicopter with three people on board. The helicopter was performing an 'annual proficiency training flight' at the time of the crash, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Thursday. The Army tracks its aviation branch mishaps, and according to its data there were more serious mishaps — those involving deaths, disability or multimillion dollars of damage — last year than there were in the previous decade. Data from the aircraft tracking site ADS-B Exchange shows the plane descending at the time of the crash, with its altitude dropping from 4,000 feet to around 300 feet. The helicopter's last broadcast altitude shows it was flying near 200 feet. There were no survivors, President Donald Trump confirmed Thursday, making it the first fatal commercial aircraft in the United States since 2009 and the second aviation accident with 10 or more victims this decade. This article was originally published on
