Overview
- Airlink staged two specially liveried Embraer passenger jets to perform branded flyovers of DHL Stadium on Saturday immediately before South Africa beat New Zealand 33–26.
- Video and photos shared on social media showed the aircraft appearing to pass only metres above the stadium roof, and the airline posted its own footage with the caption 'Planning. Precision. Performance. Spectacular scenes.'
- Flightradar24 published an estimate that placed the planes as low as about 12.5 metres above the roof, a figure widely cited in coverage and central to public concern about proximity.
- Public reaction was mixed, with some praising pilot skill and air traffic coordination and others saying the display looked 'dangerously low' and left 'no room for error'; no accident or formal aviation investigation has been reported in the coverage so far.
- Stadium flyovers have precedent at major rugby tests, and this incident could prompt closer scrutiny of event flight planning and safety rules for low passes at packed venues.