A YOUTUBER CHARGED FOR SHOOTING FIREWORKS FROM A HELICOPTER AT A LAMBORGHINI

YouTuber Alex Choi is being charged with violating a law that prohibits placing an explosive or incendiary device on an aircraft after he filmed a video of himself and others shooting off fireworks at a Lamborghini from a helicopter last summer.

Choi, who has almost a million subscribers on his YouTube channel, titled the video “Destroying a Lamborghini with Fireworks,”

though the federal complaint against him noted that as of May 28 this year he’d taken the videos off of his publicly available channels.

The federal complaint goes through the contents of the since-deleted video, where Choi and other people set up a fictional scenario where police officers chase a Lamborghini down a highway before it has to veer off-road.

The complaint describes how the fictional pair of police officers chase the Lamborghini until they open fire on it with a dramatic fireworks display. All the high-octane action is captured by frenetic camerawork and drone shots.

An FAA investigation was quickly opened into people involved in the production of the video, including a couple of drone camera operators and a helicopter pilot. The FAA revoked the helicopter pilot’s license on July 27, 2023.