Nikkie Plessen is under fire for putting her 7-year-old son behind the wheel of her private jet. According to aviation journalist Menno Swart, this is ‘life-threatening’.
It is almost a sport for Nikkie Plessen to fly back and forth to Ibiza every month as often as possible. RTL’s CO2 spitter flew to the Spanish island again yesterday, but performed extremely dangerous antics during the flight. At least, that’s what the well-known aviation journalist Menno Swart says.
7 year old pilot
Nikkie, who likes to flaunt her frugal life and uses her children as walking mannequins to promote her fashion brand, put her 7-year-old son behind the wheel during the flight. Nice for the photo on Instagram, but according to Menno this is extremely dangerous for air traffic.
Menno tweets that this behavior is absolutely unacceptable. “Perilous! Ruben Bontekoe (husband Nikkie Plessen) lets his son Alain drive a CitationJet CJ3 It can go wrong, like in 1994. Rus had his son steer, who switched off the autopilot and Airbus crashed.”
Take away your certificate?
Nikkie’s loyal followers know that it is definitely not the first time that her son has gotten behind the wheel. Menno himself also points to an Instagram photo from two years ago, when son Alain already played a pilot at the age of 5.
Menno cannot believe his eyes. “How many ‘flying hours’ does Alain, the son of Ruben Bontekoe and Nikkie Plessen, have? Two years ago, his father also allowed him to drive the CJ3. Dangerous! “
He asks the Human Environment and Transport Inspectorate to intervene. “What are we doing with Reuben? Take away your certificate?”
Nikkie angry
Doron Sajet, aviation reporter for NH Nieuws, also thinks it is irresponsible. “The child is hopelessly in the way when an emergency arises or causes one,” he says.
Aircraft enthusiast Peter: “I don’t think it matters whether the auto-pilot is on, who is actually at the wheel: this is really not possible! That child doesn’t belong there. Whoever allows that does not belong there either!”
Nikkie is absolutely not happy with Menno’s meddling and immediately blocked him on Instagram. “The message has certainly reached Aunt Nikkie through my Insta story,” says the journalist.
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