2026-08-31T09:07:55-0400 / 哥伦比亚广播公司新闻
作者：克里斯·范·克利夫
南非一座橄榄球体育场上方出现超低空通场，让许多人不禁发问：究竟多低才算太低？
两架民航客机一前一后，于周六紧贴着座无虚席的开普敦DHL体育场低空掠过，距离下方五万六千多名观众仅咫尺之遥。
一名目睹客机呼啸 overhead 并拍下视频的观众，称这是一个值得铭记的时刻。
“我个人完全没感觉到任何危险，当时就只觉得‘哇，这太疯狂了’，”马塞尔·奥珀曼说道。
“这场面太震撼了，”他补充道，“这可能是我人生前五的精彩时刻之一。”
2026年8月29日，南非开普敦DHL体育场，在“城堡双麦芽威士忌橄榄球巅峰对决”系列赛第二场南非对阵新西兰的比赛期间，通场飞行现场。格兰特·皮彻/加洛图片/盖蒂图片社
初步飞行数据估算，两架飞机距体育场仅约50英尺，航空公司机长劳拉·艾因塞特勒称这“对于民航客机来说，实在太低、太惊险了”。
她表示，这类大型喷气式客机和我们常在通场飞行中见到的战斗机截然不同。
“以当时的速度和角度，搭配这种机型，在这种场合下，飞行高度确实太低了，”艾因塞特勒说道。
这场通场表演的渊源可以追溯到三十多年前。1995年，也就是南非首次民主选举结束仅一年后，一架南非航空747客机在约翰内斯堡一座体育场的橄榄球世界杯决赛上空低空飞过，当时南非刚结束种族隔离制度。
Airlink航空公司在一份声明中表示，周六通场飞行的航班运行安全，并向哥伦比亚广播公司新闻透露：“此次飞行需要精心规划和演练，因为必须在低空航行。……南非民用航空局（SACAA）和空中航行服务机构提供了宝贵的指导、许可与支持，以确保通场飞行安全。”
Airlink航空公司称，执飞的飞行员均为资深且经验丰富的人员，且飞行全程均符合南非相当于美国联邦航空管理局的相关机构设定的高度和速度限制。
Spectator stunned by low flyover at Cape Town rugby stadium: “Probably one of my top-5 moments in my life”
2026-08-31T09:07:55-0400 / CBS News
By Kris Van Cleave
An extremely low flyover above a rugby stadium in South Africa has left many people asking: How low is too low?
Two passenger jets — one following the other — swept just above the packed DHL Stadium in Cape Town on Saturday, coming really close to more than 56,000 people below.
For a spectator who witnessed the passenger jets soaring overhead and captured it on video, it was a moment to remember.
“I didn’t feel any danger from my side. I was just like, ‘Wow, this is insane,’” said Marcel Opperman.
“It was amazing,” he said. “Probably one of my top-five moments in my life.”
The flyover during the Castle Double Malt Rugby’s Greatest Rivalry, 2nd Test match between South Africa and New Zealand at DHL Stadium, on Aug. 29, 2026, in Cape Town, South Africa. Grant Pitcher/Gallo Images/Getty Images
Preliminary flight data estimates the planes cleared the stadium by only about 50 feet, which airline captain Laura Einsetler said is “really low and really tight for an airliner.”
She said the full-size jets are very different from the fighter jets often seen in flyovers.
“It was just too low for this situation with this type of jet at those speeds and angles,” Einsetler said.
The spectacle has roots going back more than three decades. Back in 1995, just a year after South Africa’s first democratic elections, a South African Airways 747 flew low over a Johannesburg stadium during a Rugby World Cup final, as the country emerged from apartheid.
In a statement, Airlink said the planes in Saturday’s flyover were operating safely, telling CBS News: “The flight demanded careful planning and rehearsal, as it required navigating at low altitude. … The South African Civil Aviation Authority (SACAA) and Air Traffic Navigation Services provided valuable guidance, approval and support to ensure a safe flyby.”
Airlink said the pilots were senior and experienced, and that they stayed within the altitude and speed limits set by the South African equivalent of the FAA.