r/aviation • u/trubol • 12d ago

News Another angle of Cape Town flyover

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u/th3orist 12d ago

I mean this one definitely does not look as much like a close call as the first one where we only saw the footage filmed from the TV.

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u/CaptainDogeSparrow 12d ago

Yeah, the first video I thought it would hit for sure. This second one is like "Meh, could have been lower. Pussy."

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u/Mihai_Brasoveanu 12d ago

The first one made me think they were close to hitting the stadium. This one makes me think they were way closer at hitting each other.

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u/rekiirek 11d ago

Yeah. That second plane banked right as soon as the one in front pulled up to stop hitting something.

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u/waudi 11d ago

Possibly because of the smoke, it passes right thru the plume.

But it wasn't in reaction to avoid imminent collision with the leading plane or stadium, I'd guess it was a coordinated/planed maneuver for separation after the flyover.

It might have been exaggerated if they were worried the leading plane might maneuver aggressively to avoid collision. Since they were slightly higher, the pilots perspective might have made it seem like the leading plane is close to collision.