'What could possibly go wrong?’: Apparently, you can track Pope Francis' flight from Cuba to D.C. online [photos]

You can track the pope's plane here http://t.co/9Aepdu35lS

— Ethan Klapper (@ethanklapper) September 22, 2015

Well this doesn’t sound like a very good idea.

Pope Francis’ flight from Cuba to Andrews Air Force base — Alitalia 4001 — is  not being blocked by online flight tracking websites, thus allowing anyone to track the pope’s flight in near real-time (data is delayed up to 5 mins. in the U.S.):

✈ @Pontifex is in flight from Cuba to Washington D.C. as #AZ4001. http://t.co/2Tuho7RhU0 #PopeInDC pic.twitter.com/Ft93RZOfuD

— Flightradar24 (@flightradar24) September 22, 2015

Track the Pope's flight from Santiago, Cuba, to Joint Base Andrews here – http://t.co/AASABT6y5s pic.twitter.com/0FflqdyPst

— Reid Wilson (@PoliticsReid) September 22, 2015

Here's the Pope's flight, en route to DC right now. He'll be passing over NC between 2:00 and 3:00, near Wilmington. pic.twitter.com/RRXqiYEaI5

— Tim Buckley (@TimBuckleyWX) September 22, 2015

https://twitter.com/MtnPatriot/status/646373892613873669

We assume the 5-minute delay is enough to make sure the plane is safe — at 400 m.p.h., this is about a 30-mile difference from its actual position — but it does seem odd that the plane’s progress would be this public.

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