Where’s Diddy? One Caribbean nation ruled out
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A private jet linked in media reports to embattled entertainment mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs did touch down on an island in the Caribbean nation Monday — but the hip-hop billionaire wasn’t on the aircraft, sources told the Miami Herald late Tuesday.
If Diddy was on the plane, he would’ve first been inspected by customs officials before traversing Antigua, which is mandatory. And there is no record of him doing so, according to two high-ranking government sources in Antigua and Barbuda, a twin-island Caribbean nation just east of Puerto Rico.
TMZ reported Monday evening that the plane was on the ground in the Caribbean island, though no one was able to confirm that Diddy was board at the time.
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The mystery surrounding the whereabouts of the Bad Boy Records founder deepened after the Herald reported that a popular flight-tracking website, FlightAware, blocked users from tracing the jet’s recent paths.
When typing in a search for the tail number of the Gulfstream G550 on FlightAware.com, the site states: “This aircraft is not available for public tracking per request from the owner/operator.”
Just a day before, the plane embarked to several destinations in California before landing in Antigua, TMZ reported.
Per the Federal Aviation Administration, the plane in question, with a tail registration of N1969C, is owned by a Los Angeles-based company titled LoveAir LLC. It’s not known whether Diddy has any ownership of that company or just frequently charters that particular aircraft.
FlightAware spokeswoman Kathleen Bangs said it’s not unusual for plane owners — be it celebrities, politicians or others who are not in the spotlight — to request flight tracking data be blocked from the site.
If they go through the FAA’s privacy application process, Bangs noted FlightAware honors such requests.
“This is not uncommon,” Bangs told the Herald, adding that it’s not clear when LoveAir LLC made the request.
Interest in the plane’s location piqued Monday after federal agents raided Miami and Los Angeles homes belonging to the hip-hop/pop music star.
The feds’ raid of one of his two Star Island homes came nearly a month after a lawsuit from a music producer accusing Diddy, who recently re-branded himself as “Brother Love,” of being the leader of a sex-trafficking organization.
This story was originally published March 25, 2024 at 9:06 PM.
