A Boeing 777 freighter made an unusually low pass over Horseshoe Bay Resort Jet Center on Wednesday, June 24. A video showing the plane descend to near ground level before pulling away drew considerable public concern and attention. 

Watch the video here. 

The aircraft, registered under N705DN with the Federal Aviation Administration, is currently owned by Horseshoe Bay-based aviation company Jetran LLC. The Boeing 777 was converted into a freighter by Mammoth Freighters and is painted in Qatar Airways livery, but is not yet owned or operated by Qatar Airways.

DailyTrib reached out on Friday, June 26, to the Horseshoe Bay Resort Jet Center and Jetran LLC for more information on the low flyover, but was not given comment by the time of this article’s publication.

Following the widely shared video, Mammoth Freighters, a Fort Worth-based company, issued a statement emphasizing that it did not own or operate the aircraft during the maneuver and that Qatar Airways was not involved in the flight.

“Mammoth Freighters has been made aware of a video circulating on social media showing a low-pass flight of a Mammoth-converted 777 freighter aircraft in Qatar Airways livery.

Mammoth is not the owner of the aircraft and Mammoth was not in control of the aircraft at the time of the maneuver. The current owner (which is not Qatar Airways) was in control of the aircraft at the time of the maneuver. The aircraft is in its final stages of preparation prior to delivery to Qatar Airways.

While the aircraft is painted in Qatar Airways livery, it was not owned or operated by Qatar Airways, did not carry a Qatar Airways registration, and the pilots on board were not Qatar Airways pilots.”

FlightRadar24 data shows the flight originated from Grissom Air Reserve Base in Peru, Indiana, and was headed to Perot Field Fort Worth Alliance Airport in Fort Worth.

maci@thepicayune.com