Twitter suspends @ElonJet account that tracked owner Elon Musk's private plane

A Twitter account that tracked Elon Musk’s private jet has been suspended for violating unspecified Twitter rules.

The @ElonJet account had more than half a million followers.

Its owner Jack Sweeney, 20, used flight tracking information to tweet every time Mr Musk’s jet took off and landed.

Mr Sweeney confirmed on his personal Twitter account on Wednesday that the profile had been suspended.

It comes a month after Mr Musk – who bought Twitter for $44 billion (£35.3 billion) this year – pledged to keep the account running even though it was a “direct personal safety risk”.