Claim: this video shows a mystery non-commercial chemtrail plane flying over central Vancouver, not following any recognised flight path.
Reality: it shows an Airbus A330 operated by China Eastern Airlines, on approach to Vancouver airport. The flight number is almost certainly MU597 from Shanghai to Vancouver.
The plane has quite a distinctive livery with a dark "snake-like" pattern towards the rear.
The aircraft appears to be an Airbus A330 — identifiable by the four flap-track fairings under the wings, the "bulge" in the fuselage and the upturned winglets at the end of the wings (not visible in this screen grab). The "snake" pattern is easily identifiable as the livery of the SkyTeam airline alliance: https://www.skyteam.com/About-us/Press/Image-library/SkyTeam-Livery/
This angle also demonstrates that the claim that the aircraft has no windows is false — the row of windows runs through the top of the frontmost loop of the pattern, which is out of sight in the angle of the video.
Because the SkyTeam alliance has 20 members and this livery is used on many planes, identifying the airline itself is harder. However, in the grab at the top of this post, you can see six dark markings under the right wing, in three groups of two separated by the flap track fairings. This identifies it as a China Eastern plane — the six characters are the name of the airline in Chinese, 中國東方航空.
This photo of a China Eastern A330 — coincidentally taken at Vancouver — shows the characters are a perfect match: https://www.flickr.com/photos/41645839@N00/6783705700/
So, what about the claim that the plane is not on a normal flight path? The video states that it was shot "one block from Vancouver City Hall", and a quick check on Street View pinpoints the location as W 13th Ave, near the intersection with Ash St, just southwest of City Hall, with the camera facing east: https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@49.2...ata=!3m4!1e1!3m2!1swn09M6W6z8uOQLVo2CiYRw!2e0
So the aircraft appears to be flying just south of east, and passed just to the north of the camera location (as the right hand side of the fuselage is slightly facing the camera).
Here is a page showing the aircraft routings into and out of Vancouver airport: http://www.yvr.ca/Libraries/ENV_Docs/Aircraft_Flight_Routings_-_Final.sflb.ashx
When the planes are landing in a westerly direction (Runway 26), the approach takes the aircraft ESE directly over central Vancouver, just to the north of the camera location:
Finally, what was the likely flight number? Until recently China Eastern operated two flights daily from Shanghai to Vancouver:
Based on the lighting in the video (with the tall building at the left brightly sunlit and other areas in shadow), the sun was low in the west at the time, so this must have been an evening arrival, i.e., flight MU597.
Reality: it shows an Airbus A330 operated by China Eastern Airlines, on approach to Vancouver airport. The flight number is almost certainly MU597 from Shanghai to Vancouver.
The plane has quite a distinctive livery with a dark "snake-like" pattern towards the rear.
The aircraft appears to be an Airbus A330 — identifiable by the four flap-track fairings under the wings, the "bulge" in the fuselage and the upturned winglets at the end of the wings (not visible in this screen grab). The "snake" pattern is easily identifiable as the livery of the SkyTeam airline alliance: https://www.skyteam.com/About-us/Press/Image-library/SkyTeam-Livery/
This angle also demonstrates that the claim that the aircraft has no windows is false — the row of windows runs through the top of the frontmost loop of the pattern, which is out of sight in the angle of the video.
Because the SkyTeam alliance has 20 members and this livery is used on many planes, identifying the airline itself is harder. However, in the grab at the top of this post, you can see six dark markings under the right wing, in three groups of two separated by the flap track fairings. This identifies it as a China Eastern plane — the six characters are the name of the airline in Chinese, 中國東方航空.
This photo of a China Eastern A330 — coincidentally taken at Vancouver — shows the characters are a perfect match: https://www.flickr.com/photos/41645839@N00/6783705700/
So, what about the claim that the plane is not on a normal flight path? The video states that it was shot "one block from Vancouver City Hall", and a quick check on Street View pinpoints the location as W 13th Ave, near the intersection with Ash St, just southwest of City Hall, with the camera facing east: https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@49.2...ata=!3m4!1e1!3m2!1swn09M6W6z8uOQLVo2CiYRw!2e0
So the aircraft appears to be flying just south of east, and passed just to the north of the camera location (as the right hand side of the fuselage is slightly facing the camera).
Here is a page showing the aircraft routings into and out of Vancouver airport: http://www.yvr.ca/Libraries/ENV_Docs/Aircraft_Flight_Routings_-_Final.sflb.ashx
When the planes are landing in a westerly direction (Runway 26), the approach takes the aircraft ESE directly over central Vancouver, just to the north of the camera location:
The video was shot in March, when Runway 26 landings are therefore more likely.External Quote:
Finally, what was the likely flight number? Until recently China Eastern operated two flights daily from Shanghai to Vancouver:
(MU597 appears to have been discontinued now - the last flight with that number on FlightAware was on October 24 2014.)External Quote:
Based on the lighting in the video (with the tall building at the left brightly sunlit and other areas in shadow), the sun was low in the west at the time, so this must have been an evening arrival, i.e., flight MU597.
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