Passenger Sees Plane 'Hanging in the Air' Over San Francisco in Strange Optical Illusion
A plane passenger captured the moment a plane, just parallel to his, stopped in the sky above a bridge in San Francisco. The video was posted online and prompted commenters to speculate about what could have caused it. This moment is known to be extremely rare and incredible to witness
This is the incredible moment a passenger spotted another plane 'hanging in the air' at above San Francisco. Posted on Reddit, the video attracted many commenters who questioned why the plane was at the 'stop.
'This is parallax, which is the observed movement of an object caused by the change in the observer's point of view. We see it all the time,” one commenter said.
A pilot told the Daily Mirror that the stunt is an optical illusion: it involves two planes landing at the same time and the smaller one landing moves more slowly.
'San Francisco has a procedure when the weather is suitable and both planes [sic] can see each other, they can land with less lateral spacing than what you would normally need," the pilot told the media following a similar incident.
'The plane is much lighter than the one the passenger is filming in, so it will fly much slower - and there might be a strong headwind, which means less...
This is the incredible moment a passenger spotted another plane 'hanging in the air' at above San Francisco. Posted on Reddit, the video attracted many commenters who questioned why the plane was at the 'stop.
'This is parallax, which is the observed movement of an object caused by the change in the observer's point of view. We see it all the time,” one commenter said.
A pilot told the Daily Mirror that the stunt is an optical illusion: it involves two planes landing at the same time and the smaller one landing moves more slowly.
'San Francisco has a procedure when the weather is suitable and both planes [sic] can see each other, they can land with less lateral spacing than what you would normally need," the pilot told the media following a similar incident.
'The plane is much lighter than the one the passenger is filming in, so it will fly much slower - and there might be a strong headwind, which means less...
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