Planes Fly Just 50 Feet Above Packed Stadium Roof During Rugby Match Flyover
- On Saturday, two Airlink Embraer E190 jets performed a low-altitude flyover at Cape Town's DHL Stadium moments before the Springboks faced the All Blacks in their Greatest Rivalry match.
- The spectacle revived a South African rugby tradition tracing back to the 1995 Rugby World Cup final at Ellis Park, when a South African Airways Boeing 747 swept overhead with 'GOOD LUCK BOKKE' emblazoned beneath its wings.
- Flight tracking data for ZS-YDE recorded a GPS altitude of 925 feet, while the DHL Stadium stands about 164 feet high, indicating substantially more vertical separation than dramatic camera angles suggested.
- Spectators held their breath as the planes passed, with one TikTok user questioning the safety of the manoeuvre by noting the aircraft 'came very low.'
- Despite the dramatic footage, available flight information confirms the Airlink aircraft maintained safe clearance; the airline serves as the official carrier for squads involved in the Greatest Rivalry.
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SCAN SPORT - The scene stunned the 60,000 spectators of the DHL Stadium. Two aircraft flew over the enclosure Saturday at very low altitude, a few minutes before the shock between South Africa and New Zealand.
South Africa flyover: Passenger plane narrowly avoids crash into packed stadium as 'dangerous' pre-game stunt slammed
Two passenger jets left spectators fearing for their lives after swooping terrifyingly close to the roof of a packed stadium in Cape Town on Saturday.The pair of Airlink Embraer 190 commercial aircraft performed a low-altitude flyover of the 55,000-capacity DHL Stadium just moments before kick-off in the second Test between South Africa's Springboks and the New Zealand All Blacks.Rather than the military jets typically associated with such displ…
Algemeen Dagblad
‘This is totally insane’ and ‘How can this be safe?’ These are just a few of the reactions to footage going viral of two passenger planes flying just above a rugby stadium in Cape Town. The stadium was filled with tens of thousands of spectators at the time.
Television images showed one of the aircraft apparently very close to the ceiling of the enclosure, while slightly modifying its trajectory.
WHOA: 2 Flyover Planes Came Within 50 Ft Of Hitting A Rugby Stadium In South Africa And The Clips Are WILD
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