{"id":486878,"date":"2022-08-22T20:15:23","date_gmt":"2022-08-22T17:15:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/elon-musk-planes-9-minute-35-mile-flight-sparks-outrage\/"},"modified":"2022-08-22T20:15:23","modified_gmt":"2022-08-22T17:15:23","slug":"elon-musk-planes-9-minute-35-mile-flight-sparks-outrage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/elon-musk-planes-9-minute-35-mile-flight-sparks-outrage\/","title":{"rendered":"#Elon Musk plane&#8217;s 9-minute, 35-mile flight sparks outrage"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3fab050f1a3\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3fab050f1a3\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/elon-musk-planes-9-minute-35-mile-flight-sparks-outrage\/#%E2%80%9CElon_Musk_planes_9-minute_35-mile_flight_sparks_outrage%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Elon Musk plane&#8217;s 9-minute, 35-mile flight sparks outrage&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CElon_Musk_planes_9-minute_35-mile_flight_sparks_outrage%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Elon Musk plane&#8217;s 9-minute, 35-mile flight sparks outrage&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<p>Elon Musk\u2019s private jet flew from San Jose to San Francisco \u2014 a 35-mile flight that lasted a total of nine minutes, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter<\/a> users who track the tech mogul\u2019s movements.<\/p>\n<p>The super-short flight across San Francisco Bay took place on May 6, but Twitter users widely shared the satellite map showing the plane\u2019s flight path over the weekend, with many expressing outrage over the carbon footprint left behind by the head of an electric car company.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cElon Musk took a 9 minute flight to San Francisco from San Jose, which is 5 stops on Caltrain,\u201d tweeted Hayden Clarkin, referring to a local commuter rail that connects San Francisco with cities to its south along the Bay.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI literally have no words.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>According to the map, Musk\u2019s plane flew some 35 miles from San Jose International Airport to San Francisco International Airport. By car, it would be a 40-minute drive depending on traffic.<\/p>\n<p>Ken Klippenstein posted a tweet juxtaposing the map of the short flight path with a message from Musk in which he wrote: \u201cTesla exists to help reduce the risk of catastrophic climate change, which affects all species on Earth.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/elon_jet.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"A Twitter account dedicated to tracking Musk's flights posted the flight map online.\" class=\"wp-image-23557545\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/elon_jet.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1536 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/elon_jet.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/elon_jet.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>A Twitter account dedicated to tracking Musk\u2019s flights posted the flight map online.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Twitter<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cEven if your faith in humanity is faltering, this is worth caring about,\u201d Musk tweeted in 2018. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cSupport makes a difference. Thank you.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>New York Times editor and CNBC anchor Andrew Ross Sorkin offered an alternative explanation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe plane was likely just being \u2018repositioned\u2019 \u2014 as in the plane was sitting at one airport and then was moved to a different airport to pick up its passengers,\u201d Sorkin tweeted. <\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>\u201cThis h<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>ens all the time. Planes often sit at a less busy airport and then fly to another one close by.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sorkin didn\u2019t convince some on Twitter. One commenter wrote: \u201cLol dude that\u2019s still an insanely short and wasteful flight, carrying passengers or not. Hilarious you see it as your job to defend the absurd excesses of billionaires.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Last year, Jack Sweeney, a tech-savvy 19-year-old college student, founded the Twitter account @ElonsJet, which gives regular updates on flights taken by the world\u2019s richest human on his private plane.<\/p>\n<p>Musk, who said that the site was a security risk, was so alarmed by Sweeney\u2019s Twitter account that he contacted the student last year and offered him $5,000 to take it down.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t love the idea of being shot by a nutcase,\u201d Musk wrote to Sweeney in a private message.<\/p>\n<p>Sweeney turned down the $5,000 offer. He then demanded $50,000 from the Tesla chief.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"embed-wrapper twitter\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The plane was likely just being \u201crepositioned\u201d \u2014 as in the plane was sitting at one airport and then was moved to a different airport to pick up its passengers. This happens all the time. Planes often sit at a less busy airport and then fly to another one close by.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Andrew Ross Sorkin (@andrewrsorkin) <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/andrewrsorkin\/status\/1561487805028737024?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 21, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>After considering the offer, Musk said he didn\u2019t \u201cfeel right\u201d to pay to shut down the account. Eventually, he stopped responding.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to his duties as CEO of Tesla and SpaceX, Musk is also the founder and chief executive of The Boring Company, a tunnel-digging firm which creates \u201cloop\u201d projects for underground car <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/trip-and-travel\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"10\" title=\"Trip &amp; Travel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">travel<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>Musk started the firm after he grew tired of the traffic in Los Angeles.<\/p>\n<p>The tech mogul is also locked in a legal fight with Twitter after the social media company sued him for trying to back out of a $44 billion deal to buy out its shareholders and take the firm private.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"794\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/elon_musk_private_jet.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"It is unclear if Musk was on the Bay Area flight. The above image shows Musk getting off his private jet in February.\" class=\"wp-image-23557549\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/elon_musk_private_jet.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1536 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/elon_musk_private_jet.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/elon_musk_private_jet.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>It is unclear if Musk was on the Bay Area flight. The above image shows Musk getting off his private jet after landing in Los Angeles in February.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Diggzy\/Jesal\/Shutterstock<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Last month, several celebrities came under fire for using private jets to take short flights even while publicly declaring their support for combating climate change.<\/p>\n<p>Kylie Jenner, the social media influencer and reality television star, <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2022\/07\/18\/kylie-jenner-called-climate-criminal-after-17-minute-jet-flight\/?_ga=2.92527069.1175636469.1661175468-1212912648.1634415321\">was deemed a \u201cclimate criminal\u201d online<\/a> after she boasted of taking private jets for short, three-minute flights for trips that most people would make by car in around 45 minutes.<\/p>\n<p>Other A-list stars who have been flagged online for excessive use of private planes include Taylor Swift, Floyd Mayweather, Jay-Z, Alex Rodriguez, Blake Shelton, Steven Spielberg, Mark Wahlberg, and Oprah Winfrey.\n                        <\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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