Originally Posted by Contacttower
I've seen this video before and what I've read is that the plane was remote controlled and being filmed for use in an advert.
I think a couple of seconds thinking about how much it would cost to equip and temporarily certify a FLUF for remote piloting, as well as getting insurance for such a stunt, as well as paying all the emergency services that would be on standby and likely used, and whether anyone would let their airspace and airport obviously near a city be used for what would likely be an accident, as well as whether people would be standing on the ground a couple hundred meters away, might suggest to an advertising agency as well as their clients that it is much, much cheaper to do the film editing on a computer for much the same visual effect.
PBL