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

They asking what if something goes wrong.

Easy answer. There's a lot of wailing and gnashing of teeth and internet expits leave their caves for a few glorious weeks

Then life goes back to exactly what it was until the next thing goes wrong. Normally a few days/weeks/months later. Rinse and repeat

Or are you saying we've done things differently post other disasters? Feel free to point them out
 
Easy answer. There's a lot of wailing and gnashing of teeth and internet expits leave their caves for a few glorious weeks

Then life goes back to exactly what it was until the next thing goes wrong. Normally a few days/weeks/months later. Rinse and repeat

Or are you saying we've done things differently post other disasters? Feel free to point them out
Well if you a psychopath wanting to see people getting killed, so be it. But a civilized society tries to prevent those things from hapening.
 
Well if you a psychopath wanting to see people getting killed, so be it. But a civilized society tries to prevent those things from hapening.

My vok the drama. People die every day. 150 to 175 thousand of them. Every single day

So remind me what civilised society is doing to make everyone immortal again?
 
I asked a question relating to a statement. So lets say we make it 35m. Please link me to data of airplanes plying daily over JHB at 35m over 55k people. Ok make it 1k people. Do that or STFU and stop playing pigeon chess.

So according to you all government branches always make the right and informed decisions? Or you going to play more pigeon chess?
Also is it safe for a truck do drive at 100km/h? Is It safe for a truck to drive 100km/h past a school?

Thats what a lot of fools seem not to comprehend. No one is saying its difficult to fly over the stadium that low. They asking what if something goes wrong.
Nobody is saying is dangerous to drive a truck at 100km/h. They saying what happens if you drive 100km/h past a school and a kid might run in the street.

Gosh, your truck analogy actually makes the opposite point. A kid can unexpectedly run into the road. the stadium isn't going to suddenly jump into the aircraft's path

This is why the flyover was planned, risk assessed and rehearsed in the first place.
watch the video below. He explains the risks and how they're managed far better than I care to. And then, perhaps, take your own advice and STFU.

 
Gosh, your truck analogy actually makes the opposite point. A kid can unexpectedly run into the road. the stadium isn't going to suddenly jump into the aircraft's path

This is why the flyover was planned, risk assessed and rehearsed in the first place.
watch the video below. He explains the risks and how they're managed far better than I care to. And then, perhaps, take your own advice and STFU.

Lol you still need to learn the hard way. Mybb expits don't care, about proof or logic, this particular character you are getting down and dirty with in the mud, is a known troll and takes delight in posting to get a rise out of folks.....The sooner you leave him alone, the sooner he loses interest....
 
Gosh, your truck analogy actually makes the opposite point. A kid can unexpectedly run into the road. the stadium isn't going to suddenly jump into the aircraft's path
Ag shame I thought a simple example would explain it. Guess I was wrong, should have drawn pictures. Many things can go wrong with the truck. A tire can burst or brakes can fail etc etc. But you chose to play more pigeon chess. Just the same many thing can go wrong for the plane. You chose again to play the fool and say the stadium cant jump into the plane. Pigeon chess if you have nothing.
I don't even have to argue these points, if you had any logic you would understand. Its right in front of you every day. The speed limit in town is much less than on the open road. For a reason.
This is why the flyover was planned, risk assessed and rehearsed in the first place.
watch the video below. He explains the risks and how they're managed far better than I care to. And then, perhaps, take your own advice and STFU.

Look at you, believes everything he reads on the internet. Who did this? Who told you this? The airline itself that did this for a marketing stunt? Jassis you gullable.
There are just as many, if not way more videos from "experts" saying the exact opposite. So what now genius?

Lastly As I said in previous post I responded to someone's claims. You chose to quote it and again I asked for proof of these claims. Again you have nothing so you chose to write a word salad of BS.
 
i'm puzzled by all the outrage.
we had the big cumbersome boeing 747 over ellis park - an infinitely less agile aircraft over a high density area - and far fewer abort options in the event of a catastrophic event.

here in ct, two much smaller and more agile aircraft - both of which could of swung out to sea in the event of some catastrophic failure.
the 747 in jhb would have had no option but to divert & try reach tambo or some military airfield.

the 747 risk given the limited abort options, presented an exponentially higher risk - and yet ppl ignore that flyover and are fixated on this one !
 
i'm puzzled by all the outrage.
we had the big cumbersome boeing 747 over ellis park - an infinitely less agile aircraft over a high density area - and far fewer abort options in the event of a catastrophic event.

here in ct, two much smaller and more agile aircraft - both of which could of swung out to sea in the event of some catastrophic failure.
the 747 in jhb would have had no option but to divert & try reach tambo or some military airfield.

the 747 risk given the limited abort options, presented an exponentially higher risk - and yet ppl ignore that flyover and are fixated on this one !
It's the height over the stadium. One flew directly through the smoke, and the other was way lower and seemed from some angles to be at a genuine risk of a tail strike on the edge of the stadium. It's not about the size or speed of the planes.
 
It's the height over the stadium. One flew directly through the smoke, and the other was way lower and seemed from some angles to be at a genuine risk of a tail strike on the edge of the stadium. It's not about the size or speed of the planes.
It's about the fear of the people


I think lexity has a point. WC should secede with everyone who has an issue with this flyover. Then leave the rest of the country to the sane people
 
i'm puzzled by all the outrage.
we had the big cumbersome boeing 747 over ellis park - an infinitely less agile aircraft over a high density area - and far fewer abort options in the event of a catastrophic event.

here in ct, two much smaller and more agile aircraft - both of which could of swung out to sea in the event of some catastrophic failure.
the 747 in jhb would have had no option but to divert & try reach tambo or some military airfield.

the 747 risk given the limited abort options, presented an exponentially higher risk - and yet ppl ignore that flyover and are fixated on this one !
Did the 747 go 12-15m over the stadium? No its was probably 10 times higher.
There are flyovers all over the world, for decades, Nobody ever said anything.
Why has nobody ever said anything?
Maybe because this one looked to low?
Just a thought?
Seems many can't comprehend that.
 
It's about the fear of the people


I think lexity has a point. WC should secede with everyone who has an issue with this flyover. Then leave the rest of the country to the sane people
Give us a link to where there was flyovers this low in the sane rest of the country?
LOL maybe the sane rest of the country have never allowed flyovers this low? Just maybe?
 
Give us a link to where there was flyovers this low in the sane rest of the country?
LOL maybe the sane rest of the country have never allowed flyovers this low? Just maybe?
Maybe the rest of the country isn't walking around in hard hats afraid of the sky collapsing at any moment. Maybe we have appreciation for a well planned and executed task. Maybe we're not looking to complain over everything that makes us have a moment of joy in life.
 
Maybe the rest of the country isn't walking around in hard hats afraid of the sky collapsing at any moment. Maybe we have appreciation for a well planned and executed task. Maybe we're not looking to complain over everything that makes us have a moment of joy in life.
I just asked a simple question. Where was other flyovers this low? No word salad, just facts?
 
I just asked a simple question. Where was other flyovers this low? No word salad, just facts?
I don't know of any. Perhaps you have better data then I do. But then again, what difference does it make? If there's risk in 15m flyover, there's risk in a 50m flyover too. It changes nothing in the equation.
 
Looks like this weekend's flyover might not happen?

I mean its not impossible, we live in a world where couch-warriors are ready to pounce like Karen's over everything including the awesome flyover Airlink did. It is a pity though...
 
It's the height over the stadium. One flew directly through the smoke, and the other was way lower and seemed from some angles to be at a genuine risk of a tail strike on the edge of the stadium. It's not about the size or speed of the planes.
tail strikes are a regular occurrence, and are seldom dangerous - most aircraft (including these) have a "tail bumper" protecting the tail and undercarriage in the event of impact.

if it had of happened - which it didnt - the aircraft would have began a divert.
the aircraft could have also collided with the n1 highway when departing ct international - which it didnt either.

all these "what ifs"
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tail strikes are a regular occurrence, and are seldom dangerous - most aircraft (including these) have a "tail bumper" protecting the tail and undercarriage in the event of impact.

if it had of happened - which it didnt - the aircraft would have began a divert.
the aircraft could have also collided with the n1 highway when departing ct international - which it didnt either.

all these "what ifs"
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Every straw-man argument seems to focus on something, and completely ignore more important issues. Just because you (plural) can't see risks, doesn't mean there aren't any.

The stadium roof will not come out of a tail strike as well as the aircraft. Supposedly it is made of glass panels. Must be fun being showered by glass fragments...
 
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