Apparent drone filming of an Emirates 380
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If a A380 wake turbulence can flip a Challenger 604 - which was flying 300m below it - upside down, this drone should have gone belly-up too, but it seems to stand quite still !!!
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Good analysis in the YouTube video, he didn't seem to notice that the other aircraft taxiing was an EK A380 as well. If real, was it EK 702 landing and EK 703 taking off?
Did the Air France A380 captain Thierry Paris who seems to be the original poster of the video have a MRU layover? Was he the drone operator?
https://www.facebook.com/thierry.paris.90
In years past I've seen pilot colleagues 'anonymously' post bold drone videos from layovers that had identifying embedded metadata that could easily be deciphered.
Did the Air France A380 captain Thierry Paris who seems to be the original poster of the video have a MRU layover? Was he the drone operator?
https://www.facebook.com/thierry.paris.90
In years past I've seen pilot colleagues 'anonymously' post bold drone videos from layovers that had identifying embedded metadata that could easily be deciphered.
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Good analysis in the YouTube video, he didn't seem to notice that the other aircraft taxiing was an EK A380 as well. If real, was it EK 702 landing and EK 703 taking off?
Did the Air France A380 captain Thierry Paris who seems to be the original poster of the video have a MRU layover? Was he the drone operator?
https://www.facebook.com/thierry.paris.90
In years past I've seen pilot colleagues 'anonymously' post bold drone videos from layovers that had identifying embedded metadata that could easily be deciphered.
Did the Air France A380 captain Thierry Paris who seems to be the original poster of the video have a MRU layover? Was he the drone operator?
https://www.facebook.com/thierry.paris.90
In years past I've seen pilot colleagues 'anonymously' post bold drone videos from layovers that had identifying embedded metadata that could easily be deciphered.
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The video was originally uploaded to Facebook by Air France A380 captain Thierry Paris, who found the clip and wrote “Hello flight safety!” in the caption before he subsequently deleted the video. The video has since been mirrored and reported on as an example of what not to do with a camera drone.
From Fstoppers:
The video had originally been published on Facebook by Thierry Paris who describes himself as an A380 captain for Air France. He wrote in the video caption (auto-translated): “That's what a little crazy guy managed to do with a drone in Mauritius. Hello flight safety!!!”
From DroneDJ:
The video clip was first uploaded to Facebook by Thierry Paris, who is an Air France A380 captain. He commented:
“That’s what a little crazy guy managed to do with a drone in Mauritius. Hello flight safety!!!”
as a fitting description to this video. The video was later deleted from his account. However, it was online long enough to be saved and distributed by others.
“That’s what a little crazy guy managed to do with a drone in Mauritius. Hello flight safety!!!”
as a fitting description to this video. The video was later deleted from his account. However, it was online long enough to be saved and distributed by others.
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If he is really the author of the video and is stupid enough to publish it on a public website ( being an airline pilot on top of that ) he should be ready for some serious trouble..
He would have been smarter to just parade with the french football fans instead , more fun and less trouble;
He would have been smarter to just parade with the french football fans instead , more fun and less trouble;
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Just below the location of the filming is the hotel where some airline crew stay. Find a date stamp when the film was made and you may find your culprit. You may also find that EK may sweep this under the carpet.
If the wake turbulence is so benign that it cannot cause camera wobble or loss of control in a tiny drone, then surely all the excessive separation procedures for the A380 should be revisited?
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See: https://www.faa.gov/training_testing...ake/04SEC2.PDF
Lots of people stop to look at that particular hotel when flights (especially the EK 380) take off overhead.
Could have been anyone there, not necessarily a crew member.
Could have been anyone there, not necessarily a crew member.
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That’s what a little crazy guy managed to do with a drone in Mauritius. Hello flight safety!!!”
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There have been crew members who are well known for bringing their drones on layovers in FIMP... just saying. Yes it could be anyone, yes I agree. The date stamp will give the answer.
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Please don't suggest it. Ssomeone might take note, LOL. If there is one thing I hate it's coming back into DXB behind a Super.
