Two 'JetMen' soar 4,000 feet above Dubai alongside aircraft

November 7, 2015

Abu Dhabi, Nov 7: Is it a bird? Is it a plane? Is it Superman? Nope, It's just Dubai's resident 'JetMan' flying alongside the Emirates A380 at about 4,000 feet.

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In a video that went viral on Thursday, Yves Rossy and Vincent Reffet, have now become the only two people in the world to fly with the innovative Jetman wings, on either side of the Emirates A380 aircraft over an impressive scenery: Palm Jumeirah and Dubai skyline with Burj Khalifa in the background.

Flying at about 4,000 feet, the A380 aircraft was seen cruising Dubai’s skies before the two jet men were deployed from a helicopter hovering above. The two 'JetMen' make this dangerous feat of flying alongside an airplane that can hold over 800 passengers look straightforward.

Despite the entire feat looking super easy, Emirates 24/7 reports that it took weeks of "painstaking planning and meticulous collaboration with an intense focus on safety" to finally reach the filming stage.

Adel Al Redha, Executive Vice President and Chief Operations Officer for Emirates said in a press release that, “This display between man and machine celebrates the magic and beauty of flight, a feat which just over a hundred years ago would have seemed an impossible dream. It also showcases how far human vision and ambition has, and can continue to push aviation’s boundaries.”

"We will be mosquitoes flying with an eagle or condor," Rossy said in a behind-the-scenes video.

A practice flight was conducted on 12 October and the final formation flight and filming took place on 13 October.

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November 7,2024

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The Israeli regime has killed at least 40 people during new airstrikes against eastern Lebanese areas, besides targeting the country’s capital Beirut with fresh acts of aggression.

Lebanon’s health ministry announced the fatalities on Wednesday, saying 53 other people had also been wounded during the aerial attacks that targeted the country’s Bekaa Valley, including the city of Baalbek.

In early Thursday, the regime was also reported to have attacked Beirut’s southern suburbs, including a site adjacent to Rafiq Hariri International Airport.

The attacks came after the regime issued short-notice evacuation orders apparently directed at the residents of the areas, claiming that the areas contained facilities belonging to Lebanon’s Hezbollah resistance movement.

Tel Aviv has been using similar claims on countless occasions since last October, when it markedly intensified its deadly acts of aggression against Lebanon, in order to try to justify the escalation. Hezbollah has, however, invariably refuted the claims.

Also on Wednesday, the United Nations warned in its most recent flash report on the humanitarian crisis caused by the Israeli atrocities targeting Lebanon that the aggression had “reached a critical point.”

The attacks have claimed the lives of more than 3,000 people, which was “58 percent more than the 1,900 fatalities” that were caused by the regime’s 2006 war against Lebanon, the report said.

“Additionally, an estimated 1.3 million people have been displaced, both within Lebanon and into neighboring countries, 33 percent more than the number of people displaced in 2006,” it added.

Women comprised the majority of those who had been rendered homeless within Lebanon as a result of the Israeli attacks, the report noted.

It also regretted that the Israeli attacks had featured 78 assaults on healthcare facilities across the country that had claimed the lives of 130 health workers and injured 111 others.

In response to the aggression, Hezbollah has been staging hundreds of retaliatory strikes against the occupied Palestinian territories and the Israeli forces trying to advance on southern Lebanese areas.

The movement has vowed to sustain its strikes until the regime ends the escalation.

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