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Residents in East Cork got a bit scared Sunday when a low-flying plane passed a few feet from their homes.
Those living in Ballymacoda and the surrounding areas noticed the small aircraft in the afternoon as it was flying extremely low in the sky.
Jason and Stephanie Devlin were on the grass in the area when they saw the plane and thought it was about to crash.
They told the Irish Mirror: “We were lying on the grass and we heard it go by really loud and it looked like it was going to crash.
“We saw it disappear over the roof the first time and we were waiting for the BANG.”
However, there was no explosion, and after googling, they discovered that it was actually a plane conducting a survey.
The Tellus survey notified people last month that many counties in the south of the country would have this low-flying plane flying through their skies.
Laois, Tipperary, Kilkenny and Waterford, as well as neighboring parts of Offaly, Cork, Carlow and Kildare, are currently under study.
It is part of the next phase of the Tellus Survey, a national program organized by Geological Survey Ireland.
The recognizable twin-propeller aircraft can be identified by its red tail and black stripe, as well as the word “SURVEY” written on both sides.
The aircraft flies just 60 meters above the ground in rural areas and 240 meters in urban areas.
And with the good weather of the last days it has been taking advantage and eating the skies.
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