Crypto party on plane sparks Qatar Airways safety concerns

A crypto-powered networking event booze cruise held onboard a Qatar Airways flight has raised safety concerns, after videos suggest that seatbelt and smoking laws were violated.

Crypto enthusiasts were shown singing and dancing on a 10-hour flight from Dubai to Singapore, in a first-of-its-kind PR stunt hosted by startup Redacted. Marketed as the “first-ever web3 sky event,” around 250 attendees enjoyed “connections, gifts, perks, and real conversations with Web3 legends.”

In an onboard speech made by Redacted’s co-founder Shan Kumar, it appears that Qatar Airways crew were “rugpulled” into thinking it would be a subdued networking event — but got more than they bargained for.

“You know what, the Qatar Airways staff are like this is the last time we’re ever gonna host a Web3 plane,” Kumar said during the flight. “And to be honest, that was the goal.”

“The goal, before we got in, was we wanna make sure nobody hosts a[nother] Web3 flight — we’re the first and the last.”