# Airplane RUDs while carrying a couple of hundred kilos of SpaceX cocaine **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 17, 2025, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/airplane-ruds-while-carrying-a-couple-of-hundred-kilos-of-spacex-cocaine/1023105 "2025-09-17T00:13:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2025, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/airplane-ruds-while-carrying-a-couple-of-hundred-kilos-of-spacex-cocaine/1023105/1 "2025-09-17T00:13:08Z")
> **[Pilot dies after plane carrying 180kg of SpaceX-branded cocaine crashes in...](https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/pilot-crash-brazil-plane-cocaine-spacex-b2827594.html)** > > Federal police are still investigating whether the aircraft was involved in drug trafficking I’d say probably a 60-70% chance the name is fake and it isn’t Elon’s personal boutique stash. ---
**Author:** ![crowmanyclouds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crowmanyclouds/32/19884_2.png) [@crowmanyclouds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crowmanyclouds)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2025, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/airplane-ruds-while-carrying-a-couple-of-hundred-kilos-of-spacex-cocaine/1023105/2 "2025-09-17T00:41:51Z")
Still investigating? Do they think that that much coke was just for personal use??? ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2025, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/airplane-ruds-while-carrying-a-couple-of-hundred-kilos-of-spacex-cocaine/1023105/3 "2025-09-17T05:13:26Z")
Yeah, for getting high. ---
**Author:** ![Section\_Maker\_Jupe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/section_maker_jupe/32/1424_2.png) [@Section\_Maker\_Jupe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Section_Maker_Jupe)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2025, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/airplane-ruds-while-carrying-a-couple-of-hundred-kilos-of-spacex-cocaine/1023105/4 "2025-09-18T15:31:26Z")
What does RUD mean? References to rudder abound…..few hundred kilos is almost 1000 lbs, too much weight for small plane? edit ( maybe the pilot needed that much to stay awake to fly to Australia) ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2025, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/airplane-ruds-while-carrying-a-couple-of-hundred-kilos-of-spacex-cocaine/1023105/5 "2025-09-18T15:34:03Z")
[https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/rapid-unscheduled-disassembly](https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/rapid-unscheduled-disassembly) ---
**Author:** ![Lumpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lumpy/32/446_2.png) [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2025, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/airplane-ruds-while-carrying-a-couple-of-hundred-kilos-of-spacex-cocaine/1023105/6 "2025-09-18T15:51:31Z")
Drug trafficking is one thing, but trademark infringement can get you into real trouble. ---
**Author:** ![Coriolanus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/coriolanus/32/18769_2.png) [@Coriolanus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coriolanus)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2025, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/airplane-ruds-while-carrying-a-couple-of-hundred-kilos-of-spacex-cocaine/1023105/7 "2025-09-21T01:58:09Z")
> More than 187 packets of cocaine were found with what appeared to be fake SpaceX packaging – a company run by billionaire Elon Musk. How can one tell the difference between real SpaxeX packaging and fake? (Asking for a friend). I’m reading this as a kilo per “packet”? Dunno why Elon divvied it up and branded it. A packet is too pricey for me - I mean my friend. ---
**Author:** ![ParallelLines](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/parallellines/32/3575_2.png) [@ParallelLines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ParallelLines)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2025, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/airplane-ruds-while-carrying-a-couple-of-hundred-kilos-of-spacex-cocaine/1023105/8 "2025-09-21T02:02:48Z")
> [@Darren\_Garrison](#): > > I’d say probably a 60-70% chance the name is fake and it isn’t Elon’s personal boutique stash. The article you cited specifies it was fake packaging: > An Australian pilot has been killed after his plane carrying almost 200kg of [cocaine](https://www.independent.co.uk/topic/cocaine) wrapped in fake SpaceX [packaging](https://www.independent.co.uk/topic/packaging) crashed into a sugarcane field in [Brazil](https://www.independent.co.uk/topic/brazil), local media reported. Or, later, as “what appeared to be fake SpaceX packaging”. Eh, it’s more fun to image otherwise, but I’d rate it a lot higher than the 60-70% you mentioned. Though to mellow out the harshness, it’s also 100% possible that the article has been updated with the “fake” terminology since you first listed it, so I’m not saying you didn’t read it, just updating for the more recent posts. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2025, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/airplane-ruds-while-carrying-a-couple-of-hundred-kilos-of-spacex-cocaine/1023105/9 "2025-09-21T02:07:53Z")
I guess I should have added this. [![](https://i.imgur.com/VyS0yQz.jpeg) ](https://i.imgur.com/VyS0yQz.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![ParallelLines](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/parallellines/32/3575_2.png) [@ParallelLines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ParallelLines)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2025, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/airplane-ruds-while-carrying-a-couple-of-hundred-kilos-of-spacex-cocaine/1023105/10 "2025-09-21T02:20:17Z")
Would have helped, yes. ---
**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2025, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/airplane-ruds-while-carrying-a-couple-of-hundred-kilos-of-spacex-cocaine/1023105/11 "2025-09-26T21:03:39Z")
> [@Section\_Maker\_Jupe](#): > > few hundred kilos is almost 1000 lbs, Off the top of my head, 180 kg is around 396 pounds. (Approximately 2.2 lbs per kg.)