Monday 9 April 2012

Jet Engine 'Blows Woman Away'

A woman was blown off her feet after she deliberately stood in the jet wash of a plane taking off at Princess Juliana International Airport on the Caribbean island of Saint Martin.

The woman was on Maho Beach, which is situated right next to the airport, when she deliberately stood in the turbulence that formed behind an aircraft as it was getting ready to take off.She can be seen trying to hold on to the airport's fence as the turbulence gets stronger but she loses her grip and is blown away, falling to the ground.Footage shows beach-goers running over to her to check on her.Saint Martin's Princess Juliana International Airport has a very short runway of about 7000ft (2,180m) meaning that planes have to take off and land as close as possible to the beginning and end of the track which is right next to the beach.The woman appears to have ignored signs on the beach warning that jet blasts from the planes can cause injury or even death.

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