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Dumb and Dumber: A Drone Flies Dangerously Close to an A380 During Take Off
Albert Einstein used to say that “only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former.” The video shows an Airbus A380 taking off from the Plaine Magnien Airport located on the Mauritius Island in the Indian Ocean. The A380 is the largest commercial airliner in the world and can carry more than 500 passengers in a typical three class seat configuration and up to 850 passengers in a densified all-economy cabin version. As the jumbo jet takes off… (fstoppers.com) Más...Surprised that drone didn’t get any wake turbulence from the super. Thought it would have gone through an aeronautical washing machine shortly after the plane passed at that range.
The drone was neither behind nor beneath the 380 for it to be affected by the wake.
Digital zoom was clearly on, It was well to the side of the aircraft. Usually it's behind that has the worst wake turbulence and the video cuts off before the "cone" of turbulence would have hit the drone's location.
Couldn't find a date for when the video was recorded. I also tried to see the registration number on the fuselage but the quality wasn't good enough. Here is the link for the daily flight. https://flightaware.com/live/flight/UAE702
That said, this is a good chance to promote safety. While two football fields is a large zone, had the A380 made a left-hand turnout climb after takeoff it would have been a different situation.