Residents in East Cork got a bit of a fright on Sunday when a low-flying plane skimmed just metres above houses.
Those living in Ballymacoda and the surrounding areas noticed the small aircraft in the afternoon as it flew extremely low in the sky.
Jason and Stephanie Devlin were out in the lawn in the area when they saw the plane and thought it was about to crash.
They told the Irish Mirror: "We were lying out on the lawn and we heard it really loud passing over and it looked like it was going to crash.
"We saw it disappear over the roof the first time and we were just waiting for the BANG."
However, there was no bang and after doing some googling they found out it was in fact 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 zipping across their skies.
Laois, Tipperary, Kilkenny and Waterford, as well as neighbouring parts of Offaly, Cork, Carlow and Kildare are all currently being surveyed.
It forms part of the next phase of the Tellus Survey, a nationwide programme organised by Geological Survey Ireland.
The recognisable twin propeller plane can be identified by its red tail and black stripe, as well as the word 'SURVEY' written across both sides.
The aircraft is flying just 60 metres above the ground in rural areas, and 240 metres up in urban areas.
And with the weather good in recent days it has been taking advantage of that and out eating up the skies.
