南非航空公司Airlink运营的两架Embraer客运飞机在橄榄球比赛前进行了一场低空飞越表演，领机距开普敦体育场顶部仅41至46英尺（12至14米）1。这场飞行表演在约5.6万名观众面前进行，赢得了现场掌声，但随后引发了航空安全专家的广泛担忧1。
Airlink方面声称飞行严格符合安全规范，并已获得南非民航局的批准1。参与表演的两架飞机均未载乘客，每架机上配备三名资深机长，飞行速度约为150节（每小时278公里）1。然而，航空安全专家对此举提出了严厉批评。南非飞行员和机主协会主席克里斯·马蒂努斯表示，"如果出现不利情况，在那样的高度你根本没有选择"1。澳大利亚航空顾问、前军事和商业飞行员基思·通金则警告称，这一事件"建立了一个基准，其他人可能期望做类似的事情，这不会有好结果"1，暗示低空飞行可能产生危险的示范效应。专家认为，在如此低的高度进行飞行操控的失误余地极小，存在重大风险隐患1。
Two Embraer regional passenger aircraft operated by Airlink performed a dramatic low-altitude flyover above Cape Town Stadium during a rugby match between South Africa and New Zealand on Saturday, drawing thunderous applause from approximately 56,000 spectators while simultaneously raising alarm among aviation safety experts 1. The lead aircraft passed just 41 to 46 feet (12 to 14 meters) above the stadium's roofline while traveling at roughly 150 knots (278 kilometers per hour or 172 miles per hour), with both planes carrying three senior captains each but no passengers 1.
Airlink and South African aviation authorities defended the maneuver as compliant with safety regulations and approved by the South African Civil Aviation Authority 1. However, aviation professionals voiced serious reservations about the operation's risk profile and potential consequences. Chris Martinus, chairman of the South African Pilots and Aircraft Owners Association, warned that "if something goes wrong at that altitude you have absolutely no options" 1. Keith Tonkin, an Australian aviation consultant and former military and commercial pilot, cautioned that the flyover "has set a benchmark that other people might expect to do similar things, and it's not going to end well" 1.
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