‘Stay Home’: Austrian pilot’s flight path is message in sky during Covid-19 pandemic

The unnamed pilot spelt out the message "Stay Home" with the flight path to remind people to stay at home.

By: Trends Desk
New Delhi | March 24, 2020 03:46 PM IST

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The pilot wrote the message during a 24-minute flight on Monday after taking off from an airport in Wiener Neustadt, Austria.

As the world attempts to slow the spread of the Covid-19 coronavirus, a pilot in Austria traced out a flight path in the sky to remind people of an important message in these times: stay at home and practice social distancing.

Real time air traffic tracker FlightRadar tweeted about the unnamed pilot who spelt out the message “Stay Home” with the flight path.

The pilot wrote the message during a 24-minute flight Monday after taking off from an airport in Wiener Neustadt, Austria, about 50 miles south of Vienna, CNN reported.

Austria has reported over 4,668 active cases of the virus as on March 24 with 25 deaths. Here’s how people reacted to the message:
https://twitter.com/stepri/status/1239547856631074816
https://twitter.com/JuanMerrill15/status/1239749363707998210
https://twitter.com/_jbarker/status/1239635567379394561

https://twitter.com/BobKelzow/status/1239556339245948928

With lockdowns imposed all over the world, several countries have also imposed travel bans and flight restrictions.

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