Last week, fans at a rugby match between South Africa and New Zealand got a show before the opening… uh… however it is that rugby matches start when a pair of Embraer E-Jets flew over the stadium.
Barely over the stadium.
Video of the moment quickly went viral, and it left a lot of people thinking, “Hey, that was very cool, but it seems like that may have been a little too low.”
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Well, despite some evidence that these low flyovers have happened before in South Africa, the stadium tower buzzing is now under investigation.
“It is therefore critical that we interrogate this past weekend’s events … to determine if there were any safety concerns which warrant a review,” The South African Civil Aviation Authority (SACAA) said in a statement, per the Associated Press.
The flyover came just before the start of a match in the “Rugby’s Greatest Rivalry” series that pits the Springboks against the All Blacks in matches around the world. This one in particular was in Cape Town and featured the two Airlink-operated jets flying over the city’s DHL Stadium.
The airline was reportedly set to do another flyover at a match in Soweto, but has dropped those plans.
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It’s good to at least take a look at this because if they weren’t supposed to be flying that low, something needs to be done… but, man, that was cool.
There’s just something about a flyover. I see planes fly over my house all the time, but when I saw a B-2 bomber soar over the Freedom 250 Grand Prix recently, it was like reaching another state of technologically advanced, radar-avoiding nirvana.
So, while safety has to be the number one priority, let’s make sure we never do away with the wonders of having jets fly over stadiums full of people.
