Plane takes special promotional route across Dublin Bay to turn and track through southside suburbs to stadium
Aviva Stadium flyover: Aer Lingus plane EI-EIL, an Airbus A330-300, flies over the 2024 Aer Lingus College Football Classic match on Saturday. Photograph: Brendan Moran/SportsfileResidents in several south Dublin suburbs thought they were hearing and seeing things due to the roar from a low-flying airplane overhead shortly before 5pm on Saturday.
The Irish Aviation Authority issued a Temporary Restricted Airspace notice for the vicinity of the Aviva Stadium from 3.45pm to 4.15pm.How Lidl accidentally took on the big guns of cloud computing One social media user said the flight “just flew over the garden and scared the life out of the wife”, while others remarked on its low trajectory in Ballinteer, Ranelagh and elsewhere.Thousands of fans, decked out in the colours of gold and white for Georgia Tech and maroon and white for Florida State, have descended on Dublin and in particular at Lansdowne Road for the annual event.
A colour-coded entry system is in operation for match-goers while Garda Supt Timothy Burke of Donnybrook Garda station stressed that the most “important consideration” is that everyone gets in and out of the stadium and the general area “safely” and that everyone enjoys the event.
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