Planes fly just a few meters over a packed stadium with 50,000 people
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Planes fly just a few meters over a packed stadium with 50,000 people

SIC Notícias31 August 2026 at 17:05

Two planes from airline Airlink performed low-level flyovers over a stadium in Cape Town, South Africa, passing less than 15 meters from the top of the structure. The operation was witnessed by approximately 50,000 people who were in the packed stadium at the time of the flyovers.

The Airlink company guarantees that the operation was carefully planned and that the flights were carried out within the altitude and speed limits established for this type of maneuver.

The event took place in Cape Town, one of the main cities in South Africa, which frequently hosts large crowds in its stadiums for sporting and cultural events.

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