The
Praça dos Três Poderes
(Three Powers Plaza) in Brasilia, Brazil, is that nation’s governmental
seat, and the home of the world’s largest continuously-flown national
flag. The flag is replaced every month with ceremony. On Sunday, that
ceremony included a flyover by two Mirage 2000 fighter jets. Rarely do
supersonic planes fly low enough to be seen for a display like this.
What could possibly go wrong?
Although nobody was injured the fighter flew so low and
fast that the shock wave they generated broke almost all the windows of
Supreme Court glass facade.
In a statement, Brig Ar Kanitz Marcelo Damasceno, chief of the Center
for Social Communication of the Força Aérea Brasileira (FAB), said that
the Brazilian Air Force Command has initiated the investigation of the
incident and will compensate the damage caused.
See a video of the flyover at
The Aviationist.
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