'LOTR' Director's $80 Million Jet Joins Search for Malaysia Airlines Plane

Sir Peter Jackson's private jet is being used to find Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370.

Jackson, who was born and resides in New Zealand, is best known for directing movies such as the Lord of the Rings trilogy

But his $80 million Gulfstream G650 flies faster and can travel farther than any plane flown by the Royal New Zealand Air Force. It has a top speed of 708 miles per hour and can cover a distance of 8,053 miles before it has to refuel, according to The Dominion Post. This allows Jackson to travel nonstop from his home in Welllington, New Zealand to Los Angeles, California, where much of his filmmaking work takes place. Read more...