There was a video going around a few years ago where someone had taken a look at the helicopter movements around the area from some sort of radar footage.
There were several interesting things that were not normal, but the big one was a "helicopter" on radar (because it moved like one, hovered, etc.) that had a call sign of a commercial jet (Southwest, I think). So, it came in from the east, sporting the call sign of a commercial jet, and then hovered right around the back of the Mandalay Bay/Luxor, and then the call sign shut off.
Yes I saw some of them video's on the Southwest aircraft.
Which would have to mean that someone in ATC was in on it, the helicopter(s) would have normally had to squawk a 4 digit number on the transponder being inside controlled airspace!
There was a video going around a few years ago where someone had taken a look at the helicopter movements around the area from some sort of radar footage.
There were several interesting things that were not normal, but the big one was a "helicopter" on radar (because it moved like one, hovered, etc.) that had a call sign of a commercial jet (Southwest, I think). So, it came in from the east, sporting the call sign of a commercial jet, and then hovered right around the back of the Mandalay Bay/Luxor, and then the call sign shut off.
That does not happen without fuckery.
Yes I saw some of them video's on the Southwest aircraft.
Which would have to mean that someone in ATC was in on it, the helicopter(s) would have normally had to squawk a 4 digit number on the transponder being inside controlled airspace!