South African airline defends low-altitude aerial stunt over packed stadium
South African airline defends low-altitude aerial stunt over packed stadium
- The South African airline behind a dramatic stunt that saw two of its aircraft in close formation fly reportedly within feet of the top of a stadium has defended itself in the face of some criticism.
- In response, Airlink said it was carefully planned with the support of the aviation authorities.
- The flight tracking website Flightradar24, external said that according to its analysis "the lead aircraft passed less than 50 feet (15 metres) above the top of the stadium".
The South African airline behind a dramatic stunt that saw two of its aircraft in close formation fly reportedly within feet of the top of a stadium has defended itself in the face of some criticism. The jets roared over Cape Town's DHL stadium as flares shot up before the start of a rug Some labelled the manoeuvre reckless, while others have praised the precision and expertise required to pull it off.
In response, Airlink said it was carefully planned with the support of the aviation authorities. Performance," was the airline's message in social media posts, external accompanied In a statement reproduced on a government news site, external, Airlink went into more detail.
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"The two aircraft were flown It added that the flights were performed with the "approved and rehearsed safety altitude and speed limits for the flypast".
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The flight tracking website Flightradar24, external said that according to its analysis "the lead aircraft passed less than 50 feet (15 metres) above the top of the stadium". Questions have been raised over the risk and potential for disaster involving two planes and a packed stadium, but many South Africans have responded with expressions of national pride that its country's pilots could pull this off.
The low-altitude fly The most notable was when a South African Airways jet flew over a Johannesburg stadium before the start of the 1995 rug The match, immortalised in the Hollywood film Invictus, was highly symbolic as the country's first black president, Nelson Mandela, donned the jersey of the national side, which had been closely associated with the apartheid government and previously excluded players who were not white.
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