Pilot Draws 'Inappropriate Picture' in the Sky After Flight Path Change Request Sparks Outrage?

Flight Route Resembles 'Male Genitalia' Shape
Airline Says "Result Was Coincidental"
Many Cases of Pictures Formed by Flight Paths

A German Lufthansa pilot became a topic of conversation after leaving a mysterious flight path in the nearby sky following a request to change course. The route was recently discovered by aviation enthusiasts on the flight tracking website ‘FlightRadar24’.

According to Euronews and others on the 2nd (local time), the flight attempted to land on Sicily Island’s Catania in Italy after departing from Frankfurt, Germany on the 28th of last month.

The Lufthansa aircraft departed Frankfurt, Germany at 1:45 PM that day and attempted to land twice in Catania before diverting its route. However, it was ordered to change course to Malta, about 180 km south.

After receiving the order, the pilot flew over the eastern Mediterranean above Catania and circled for more than 16 minutes, completing a route over 24 km long in the shape of a male genitalia, then landed in Malta 30 minutes later.

According to Euronews and others, local media raised suspicions that the pilot, dissatisfied with the diversion order, deliberately drew this shape. In response, Lufthansa explained that the shape was created by coincidence.

There have been several previous incidents of male genitalia shapes left in the sky. In November last year, American pilots drew a male genitalia-shaped flight path while circling above a Russian base. At that time, the U.S. military aircraft stayed for about two hours over the Russian base located in Tartus, Syria.

In response to allegations that the path was intentionally drawn, the U.S. Air Force stated it was unintentional. Earlier, in 2017, a U.S. Navy pilot was suspended for drawing an inappropriate image symbolizing male genitalia in the sky.

Additionally, pilots have often drawn pictures in the sky using flight paths, attracting attention.

In March, a British disabled pilot flew a flight path outlining a wheelchair. At that time, pilot Russ Pinder said, "I wanted to draw a picture," and added, "There was no special reason for choosing the wheelchair outline as the flight path."

Earlier, in 2017, a pilot of Emirates Airlines attracted attention by creating a Christmas tree over German airspace during a test flight of an Airbus A380 aircraft.