Site crashes due to huge numbers tracking Pelosi flight

So many people were trying to track whether Nancy Pelosi was flying to Taiwan that a tracking website crashed.

Flightradar24 recorded a site record of more than 708,000 visitors and said it had to limit non-subscribers' access in order to keep the service online.

"Unfortunately, due to the volume of users, it was necessary to deploy our waiting room functionality, which meters access," the company said in a statement, referring to "unprecedented" interest.

The reason for the huge interest was that Pelosi's visit - part of a wider trip to the region - had not been officially confirmed.