New Delhi: After receiving the wrath of the world’s richest person, Elon Musk with his viral Twitter account ‘Elon’s Jet’ that focused on tracking Musk’s private jet, is now tracking the planes of some of Russia’s richest people amid Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
Jack Sweeney is most probably the only person offering such services. Besides, what makes the accounts of the 19-year-old teen so unique is the easy accessibility and luring look at the lives of the current billionaires. Colby Howard, the president of Paragon Intel, which provides corporate aviation intelligence through its product JetTrack in an interview with Bloomberg told that Sweeney’s accounts on Twitter are the “People Magazine version” of corporate aviation intelligence.
“People are obsessed with wealth more than ever. It’s almost a form of paparazzi, that’s why this is popular,” Howard said.
and now @RUOligarchJets too @ADSBexchange https://t.co/2XGDTZkUCh
— Jack Sweeney (@JxckSweeney) February 27, 2022
Meanwhile, Sweeney asserted that he started the accounts after receiving several requests to track the flights of Russia’s oligarchs. He used the list of planes that were tracked by a blog called “Radar Spots,” which enabled him to quickly set up another Twitter account that garnered over 53,000 followers within some days.
“The aircrafts these oligarchs have are absolutely crazy,” said Sweeney to Bloomberg. Further, he informed that Russia’s richest people were travelling on commercial-sized aircrafts including Airbus A319 and Boeing 737. “Their planes are huge compared to other jets.”
The teen’s new account ‘The Russian Oligarch’ tracks various aircrafts from helicopters to private jets and commercial-sized airplanes, even those owned by Russia’s richest person Vladimir Potanin and Chelsea football club owner Roman Abramovich and steel billionaire Alexander Abramov.
Roman Abramovich’s Helicopter M-SOLA Took off near Charlestown, (unassigned), KN. pic.twitter.com/o7UiWeK018
— Russian Oligarch Jets (@RUOligarchJets) February 28, 2022
Eugene Shvidler’s Jet LX-FLY Landed in Teterboro, New Jersey, US. pic.twitter.com/t5Ngmbx7p3
— Russian Oligarch Jets (@RUOligarchJets) February 27, 2022
Though it is thrilling for an average person to look where the Russian oligarchs are jet setting next, Howards explains that the information doesn’t contextualise the flights that is, who may be on the flight or the historical significance of the movement or any other information that would be needed by the intelligence officers or investors to make critical decisions.
“One jet flying through Miami holding who knows who doesn’t mean anything. It doesn’t tell you what information matters and what context do you need to make an decision,” Howard said.
