300,000 Track US Military Plane Ahead of Reported Pelosi Taiwan Visit

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), speaks during a news conference at the Capitol in Washington, on July 29, 2022. Pelosi arrived in Singapore early Monday, kicking off her Asian tour as questions swirled over a possible stop in Taiwan that has fueled tension with Beijing. AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File

More than 320,000 people were tracking a U.S. military aircraft believed to be ferrying House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) to Taiwan Tuesday morning.

There were rumors that Pelosi was aboard a U.S. Air Force aircraft, SPAR19, which flew out of Malaysia Tuesday with no listed destination. The destination of the aircraft was updated to Taipei as it passed the Philippines.