Jet engine blast is no joke. There’s a training film somewhere I’ve seen showing a pickup truck being thrown what seems like 100 yards, but is probably less. Still . . .
If this were at a US airport, the airline, jet manufacturer, and the municipality itself would face lawsuits to the tune of tens of millions - and intense media condemnation.
Hey, if someone can get $800,000 from McDonald’s because she didn’t realize the coffee was hot, something like this the sky’s the limit.
(Yes, I know that judgement was later reduced)
But if they have any sense, they won't.
Being killed by jet blast from a 737, LOL. At least if it happens to me, it will be a Jumbo Jet.
The blast didn’t kill her. She probably smacked her head on a rock or concrete curb when she went down. When people fall down, it’s always a risk that you hit your head on a rock and die - if there are big rocks or concrete curbs around, or any other heavy, semi-pointy objects, like a car bumper.
I’ve seen lots of videos of that airport. It’s pretty fascinating.
Darwin award nominee.
Been there a few times. I’ve gone past that part of the road but never stood there like so many do. even being inside a cab when a jets coming in is cringe worthy.
This is not the girl that was killed. It is the same airport and place. It no doubt happened just like this. Amazingly stupid.
Most of the ‘jet’ blast is actually air being blown backwards by a fan.
When I was in Germany, we had Apaches hovering over the tree line as our Infantry platoon was in the prone down below. Besides A-10s and M-1s on field exercises this was one of the coolest experiences I had in the Army. Anyway,the rotor wash from one of the helicopters above blew a limb down and knocked a soldier out even with his Kevlar on. I will never forget it. He was taken to Battalion Aid and was fine with just a headache.
Since this is a website mostly about political outrage, I thought I needed to find the outrage:
Sint Maarten? IT’S CALLED SAINT MARTIN HERE IN THE STATES, YOU UN-AMERICAN COMMMIE PINKO!!!
...........as usual, the person writing this article gets it about half right. I lived about 500 yards from this very spot in most of 2012 and was there many days per week. A few facts:
1. This is a BIG tourist attraction therefore condoned by the Dutch government.
2. Within a 100 feet each side of the spot where this woman was allegedly killed, there are bars with hundreds of people drinking and watching the planes land and takeoff.
3. Hundreds of people each day hold on to the fence and are not injured.
4. There has to be more to this story. I suspect that she was drunk as Cooter Brown and was blown back and hit her head on concrete barriers.
My wife and I got blown into the water by blast from a American Airlines 767 there several years ago. It was pretty scary. Could actually feel the heat of the jet blast. I can’t remember if we were holding on to the fence.
I’ve been there several times. When you land it looks you are literally landing on the water.
I sat on that beach for hours while heavies touched down within the fence. It’s quite a humbling experience. But I’d never subject myself to the jet wash at run-up, that’s insane.
Yikes. RIP.