r/flightradar24 • u/SwiitMango • Jan 04 '23
Discussion Bryan Kohberger on his way back to Idaho to face the music...
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u/wasthatitthen Jan 04 '23
https://globe.adsbexchange.com/?icao=ac1967
N879ST, owned by the Pennsylvania State Police
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u/cjhoops13 Jan 04 '23
248 knots? Buddy’s gonna be in that plane for a while
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u/Thinking4Ai Jan 05 '23
11 hour mission including the fuel stops! The PC-12 never went above 300 mph.
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u/jade09060102 Jan 04 '23
Why don’t those guys fly commercial??
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u/new_tanker Planespotter 📷 Jan 04 '23
Probably a combination of inconveniences with law enforcement and the criminal to be seated in one part of the plane (requiring a few empty seats, and we all know how booked flights get) to having to directly fly the criminal to where he is to be extradited to.
I wonder who pays for when criminals (or those accused of crimes and have been charged, such as this guy) have to be extradited to far away locations...
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u/miku_hatsunase Jan 04 '23
I imagine the airlines wouldn't want to do it also. The federal prison system has their own mini airline for transporting prisoners, JPATS. They even have a special terminal at OKC that leads right into a federal prison.
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u/new_tanker Planespotter 📷 Jan 04 '23
Isn't that "airline" for those that have already went to trial, convicted, and sentenced? The individual in question is, as of right now, innocent until proven guilty in a court of law and by a jury of his peers, so I really don't think he fits the category of individuals who would be flying on that "airline."
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u/millionthNEWstart Jan 05 '23
You might want to check out the documentary on this subject named Con Air.
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u/Violin1990 Jan 05 '23
Can confirm this documentary is spot on. Nicky Cage and I used to be cellmates.
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u/TheChurchOrganist Jan 04 '23
He's not flying on that "airline." He's flying on a Pilatus PC-12 operated by Pennsylvania State Police.
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u/miku_hatsunase Jan 04 '23
They handle bringing accused people to court too, but its for federal stuff, this guy's being extradited state-to-state. Sorry for the confusing wording.
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u/new_tanker Planespotter 📷 Jan 05 '23
Gotcha. It's a type of transportation I don't wish to experience.
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u/Sp1kes Jan 04 '23
tax payers
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u/new_tanker Planespotter 📷 Jan 04 '23
Really wish it wasn't the taxpayers on the hook for stuff like this, especially for someone who has been accused of, and charged with, the crimes he has been charged with.
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u/RichardInaTreeFort Jan 05 '23
How’s he gonna pay? Not like he can get a job in prison and if he doesn’t have the assets to cover it prior to going to prison, how could this ever happen?
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u/new_tanker Planespotter 📷 Jan 05 '23
One would HOPE when convicted and sentenced, part of the fines the judge would order him to would go to pay for the fuel for that PC-12 flight.
He's probably paying a pretty penny for his attorney or attorneys.... oh wait he's got a public defender...
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u/RichardInaTreeFort Jan 05 '23
The convicted are usually required to pay as part of their fines that get levied on them along with whatever jail term. However, most never pay because they can’t and in prison it’s not like you can earn a living. So the real answer is the taxpayer.
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u/CousinEnoch Jan 05 '23
Often the money comes from extradition accounts that are funded by forfeited bail money…skip bail, the money you posted goes toward extraditing you when you’re found.
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u/scambush May 09 '23
In the case of Luka Magnotta, Canadian taxpayers footed a $300,000 bill for him to be transported back from Germany in a cargo plane, as they were not going to take any chances of him flying commercially.
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u/TyVIl Jan 04 '23
Many times they do. The heightened profile of this case probably eliminated that as an option.
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u/TheChurchOrganist Jan 04 '23
It appears the state of Idaho met up with the Pennsylvania Pilatus at Rapid City, where our boy was transferred to this plane for the final leg: https://www.flightradar24.com/LJ45/2ebf2485
The Lear departed Rapid City at approximately UTC 22:55.
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u/salesaccounting123 Jan 04 '23
Well the Pilatus took off again and is now over Wyoming so it appears it’s making the full journey.
Weird, you would think they could have the FBI fly him on a jet instead.
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u/Cigarettto Jan 05 '23
This plane appears to be turning for landing at KGPI. I was under the impression that the Kohburger plane was expected to land at KPUW.
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u/Cigarettto Jan 05 '23
Just adding to that, KPUW is 15 minutes away from the Latah County Jail and Courthouse where Kohburger will be brought. I'm thinking he is still on flight PC12.
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u/TheChurchOrganist Jan 05 '23
Yeah, I think you’re right. Maybe the Idaho folks went to Rapid City to make sure he really was onboard?
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u/salesaccounting123 Jan 05 '23
There were 2 pilatus in the air at the same time that were both blocked. One around GPI that flew past Moscow/Pullman and the other that was steadily flying from South Dakota to Pullman. It was weird idk.
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u/TheChurchOrganist Jan 04 '23 edited Jan 04 '23
Looks like a refueling stop is being made at Willard Field in Illinois (UTC 18:27). Listen in while they're on the ground: https://www.liveatc.net/search/?icao=CMI
The irony is not lost on me that they're stopping over at an airport run by a university(!).