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A Lufthansa pilot drew a penis-shaped flight path in the sky last week after being diverted from Catania airport in Sicily.

Amused aviation fans tracked the pilot’s penis-shaped aerial protest on FlightRadar24, but officials claimed it was accidental, saying the aeroplane tried to land twice but was diverted due to high winds.

It took just over 16 minutes to circle in the sky off the east coast of Sicily – a manoeuvre that created the penis shape – before returning to its original flight path and continuing to Malta.

Local Italian media claimed that the disgruntled pilot drew the phallic flight path in protest at the diversion but officials have said that it wasn’t intentional. We’re not so sure. If it flies like a penis and looks like a penis, it’s probably a Lufthansa pilot being a d**k.

Lufthansa said that wind shear meant it was not possible to land safely in Catania. “For this reason, the pilot had to remain in a holding position before once again trying to land.”

Holding what now?

This is not the first time that a pilot has drawn a rude shape in the sky. All kinds of aeroplanes from commercial flights to military aircraft have been caught tracing naughty patterns.

In 2022, a US military plane accidentally drew a sky penis near a Russian base in Syria. The US Airforce also insisted that the incident was unintentional saying that it didn’t believe that the crew had “acted inappropriately”.

A Malta Armed Forces helicopter also took a phallic flightpath over the island of Comino earlier this year. FlightRadar24 tweeted a picture of the unusual patterns with the caption “Meanwhile in Malta…”.

Meanwhile in Malta… 🤔https://t.co/hGKhxbJNa9 pic.twitter.com/MflK04Rdke

— Flightradar24 (@flightradar24) January 15, 2023

[source:euronews]