South Africa has a long tradition of dramatic airline flyovers before major sporting events. The most famous came in 1995, when a South African Airways Boeing 747 swept low over Ellis Park before the Rugby World Cup final, a moment later recreated in Invictus and forever tied to the optimism surrounding Nelson Mandela’s new South Africa.
31 years later, two Airlink Embraer jets flew over a packed Cape Town stadium before another Springboks-All Blacks match. This time, the spectacle felt very different.
The videos are spectacular in one sense, but also very alarming.
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