[Watch] LRT Trains, Pillars, Station Rooftops: ‘Uncle’ Flew His Drone Through All Of It Like Spider-Man 2

A drone operator flew an FPV drone alongside moving LRT trains — close enough to read the carriage number, threading between concrete pillars, sweeping under the elevated guideway, and timing two trains on parallel tracks.

Threads: @uncledan154

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An individual known as Dan Chee, with very high confidence levels, flew a drone alongside a moving RapidKL LRT train, close enough to read the carriage number.

Just right above an LRT station rooftop, trains are moving at full speed on both tracks.

The drone threads alongside the first train on the left — then sweeps up and over as a second train barrels in from the opposite direction on the parallel track.

It banks hard, drops back down, and chases the oncoming train as it passes — swooping underneath the elevated tracks, threading between concrete pillars, skimming just above the station rooftop below.

Like it was running an obstacle course —no one signed a waiver for: two trains, one drone, no publicly known clearance.

He then posted it publicly on Threads under the username @uncledan154, captioned it “My best takes of a train chase.”

Bold.

View on Threads

So, Is It Illegal? Yes, Very

Malaysia’s Civil Aviation Authority — CAAM — is clear on this; under Regulation 143 of the Civil Aviation Regulation 2016, flying a small unmanned surveillance aircraft within 50 metres of any vehicle, vessel, or structure — or within 150 metres of any designated area, including commercial and recreational zones — requires authorisation.

A moving LRT train is a vehicle, the concrete pillars are structures, and the station rooftop is a structure.

The footage shows the drone well within that threshold — repeatedly.

Regulation 140 goes further: flying in any airspace class, including uncontrolled airspace, without authorisation from CAAM is prohibited.

At minimum, a Standard Authorisation to Fly (ATF) would be required for a flight like this — and that’s the lowest-risk category offered by CAAM.

Given the proximity to active rail infrastructure and a populated urban corridor, the bar would almost certainly be higher.

Whether a permit was quietly filed and approved remains unknown — but with great footage comes great responsibility.

And The Internet Said: “Cantik”

Here is where it gets interesting: 4,000 likes, hundreds of reposts, comments rolling in — “awesome,” “cool giler,” “macam Spider-Man 2,” someone asking if they can share it on social media.

One person said, and this is a real comment: “This is so nice but so illegal at the same time — just be careful with what you post.”

More than 200 people liked that comment, meaning these people read “this is illegal,” nodded, and kept scrolling.

Another commenter acknowledged the permit process exists but called it “a hassle”—as if the alternative—flying illegally over active rail infrastructure in a city of millions—is simply the more practical option.

The video is still up — and it wasn’t his first flight over the tracks.

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What About the LRT People?

Claims surfaced online that LRT management liked the video, which some took as an unofficial blessing — but a social media interaction does not constitute official endorsement, nor does it have any bearing on the regulations that govern it.

Prasarana Malaysia, which operates the LRT network, has not issued any public statement on the footage.

The real story, though, is the comment section.

Thousands of people watched footage of a potential aviation violation, found it gorgeous, and collectively decided that it was fine.

CAAM’s regulations are public, and the penalties are real.

Yet the gap between what the law says and what people actually know — or care — about drone rules in Malaysia is apparently wide enough, apparently, for a drone to weave through an active LRT line.