A mischievous Lufthansa pilot, frustrated by the news that the flight couldn’t land at their intended destination, allegedly drew a penis in the radar map after being redirected to Malta, La Repubblica reported. The incident occurred during Flight 306’s journey from Frankfurt, Germany, to Catania in Sicily. Due to a terminal fire in July at Fontanarossa airport, the plane couldn’t land at its planned location, leading to multiple flight diversions, as reported by La Repubblica.
Upon learning about the diversion, the unidentified pilot apparently took matters into own hands and sketched male genitalia on the radar map in Catania’s airspace. The images captured from Flight Radar show the maneuver taking approximately 16 minutes before the pilot finally proceeded towards the new destination, circling back over Sicily and then heading south to Malta.
Lufthansa responded to the incident by claiming that the phallic shape on the radar map was purely coincidental. According to the airline, the pilot had to circle in the air due to a sudden change in wind patterns before receiving instructions to divert the flight to Malta.
However, this is not the first instance of a pilot accidentally creating a penis pattern in their flight path, as there have been previous cases where similar incidents were labeled as unintentional.
Last year, a US Air Force pilot seemingly traced a phallic symbol over the Mediterranean near a Russian base in Syria. The pattern caught the attention of flight radar over the waters between Cyprus and Lebanon.
Responding to the incident, Captain Ryan Goss, a USAFE spokesperson, said that while the flight path adjustments and movements may have given rise to a vulgar outline, there was no deliberate intent by the pilots or the unit to create such a shape.
In a somewhat related occurrence back in 2017, two Navy pilots also made headlines when they drew a massive “sky penis” with a jet’s contrails over central Washington. The act gained viral attention as they humorously remarked that it was done simply because they thought it would be impressive.
(With inputs from agencies)
