Two Airlink Embraer 190s perform dangerously low flyover at Cape Town’s DHL Stadium

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Footage captured at DHL Stadium shows two Airlink Embraer 190s travelling at an unusually low altitude as they pass above the venue, immediately attracting the attention of thousands of spectators gathering for the Springboks versus All Blacks rugby encounter.

Videos recorded from the ground show the aircraft approaching DHL Stadium in close formation before passing directly above the venue. Their apparent altitude makes the footage particularly striking, with the Embraer jets appearing dangerously close to the stadium
 
If you at the recent media storms in the US over Apaches and Blue Angels passes, the world. I do however suspect a mistake was made and he was closer than intended and some of these rules are write. In blood.
 
Blu82 said:
If you at the recent media storms in the US over Apaches and Blue Angels passes, the world. I do however suspect a mistake was made and he was closer than intended and some of these rules are write. In blood.
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Well there was zero margin for error there. I mean can you imagine?
 
sefeddt said:
https://twitter.com/x/status/2093743115823652977
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I thought y'all were exaggerating, but when you can see the shadow of an aircraft on the surface, that is way too low!? I await actual ADSB data, but until then this looks foolish, if not downright reckless...

Edit: Some data in this article: https://www.paddleyourownkanoo.com/...ape-town-but-were-the-planes-dangerously-low/
ZS-YDE departed Cape Town International Airport (CPT) at around 2 pm on August 29 and entered a holding pattern over Robben Island until it was time to perform the jaw-dropping flypast. Data supplied by Flight Radar 24 suggests the aircraft had a barometric altitude of 50 meters as it flew over the DHL Stadium, and a GPS altitude of 925 feet.

Given that the DHL Stadium has a reported height of 164 feet, the actual clearance is likely to have been a lot more than some video footage suggests.
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Those numbers are not consistent with the shadows I saw in the video, unless the late afternoon low sun angle was a factor. I'm still not buying it though...

P.S. The video footage must have been from a drone or helicopter, which raises its own issues...
 
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I thought y'all were exaggerating, but when you can see the shadow of an aircraft on the surface, that is way too low!? I await actual ADSB data, but until then this looks foolish, if not downright reckless...
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I went straight on avcom after I saw it. Thread didn't take long to pop up there.
 
Gordon_R said:
Thanks: https://avcom.co.za/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?t=278809

Their chart shows a GPS altitude of 300ft, which is crazy low, but not as close as the one video shows. There was not much wind today, so I suppose they did check their numbers...
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It did look stable and was some skillful flying as I guess circuits were pulled/systems inhibited? Not sure how shouty the ERJ gets under those conditions.
 
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