Spectator calls low stadium flyover a top life moment: "Amazing"
An extremely low flyover above a rugby stadium in South Africa has left many people asking: How low is too low?
A passenger jet flyover over a rugby stadium in Cape Town, South Africa has left spectators in awe. Two passenger jets, one following the other, swooped just above the packed DHL Stadium, leaving over 56,000 people below speechless. Marcel Opperman, a spectator who captured the event on video, described the experience as "insane" and "one of his top-five moments in life."
The planes reportedly came within about 50 feet of the stadium, a distance the airline captain called "really low and really tight" for an airliner. While the flyover has roots dating back more than three decades, including a 1995 flyover during a Rugby World Cup final in Johannesburg, Airlink stated that the pilots involved on Saturday were experienced and operating within safe limits set by the South African Civil Aviation Authority.
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