Why are RJ flights buzzing the city?
The population is flipping a little, stopping to crane necks out windows and marvel at planes barely clearing the Burjayn at 6th circle. Since yesterday this has been going on, is it a wind problem?
It’s def creating a traffic problem.
What’s up?
***Thanks Jafar and Isam: Royal Jordanian is showing off two new Airbus purchases, and did make an announcement that the planes would fly low over the city to celebrate. That is what I get for not reading Ammon News as regularly as I should. Color me embarrassed.
***Jafar, my son did see some of those, too. Pretty cool. I wonder why low-altitude Airbus’ scare me and fighter planes don’t?
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I was wondering what’s up with that as well… I just saw two more of those planes less than an hour ago while walking with Katja and thought: “Man…that’s low…”
It was announced that RJ will fly two new planes along with older ones which they will be replacing. I am not in Jordan but I read it in Ammon News.
I think it has to do with the Jordanian air forces training for the independence day! Did not you see the or hear the fighters flying above Amman?
Hello,
in the news yesterday, RJ got extra 2 new Airbus A330 planes, and as a celepration , they announced that they will fly in low levels today in order to let the people see them
http://www.jordanzad.com/jor/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=13836&Itemid=26
Just like at San Diego airport, or at Chicago Midway. Or Heathrow, even. They fly low, low, low.
Marvin, we used to live under the British Airways evening flight to London near O’Hare.
Somehow this was just different, instead of a take-off going fast and up, with the sound telling you it was going away, these big Air Buses (so aptly named) circled so slowly and so low it was unnerving. 