Is this photo for real? (Passenger plane coming in to land)

[Raguleader]

I have nothing to contribute, except that when I saw the title of the thread, I guessed it would be about the beach at St Maarten

[voltaire]

@Joey_P

ISTM all they’d need is a jet blast deflector and that would put a stop to it. I bet they could even get a plexiglass one so people could still stand back there and see the planes.

I can only assume that, barring a fatality or horrible accident, they’ll just keep putting up unenforced signs since standing in the jet blast is at least one of the reasons why people come there.

BUMP

I guess now we’ll see.

Police spokesman Ricardo Henson says the 57-year-old woman was knocked into a wall as she tried to cling to a fence to feel the blast. He says she was taken to the hospital late Wednesday and died. Her name hasn’t been released.

[Weisshund]

@voltaire

BUMP

I guess now we’ll see.

I’d say nature balanced things out, nothing to worry about.

I wish i could remember the one crazy island airport, the approach glide slope is like literally skimming down the mountain slope to the runway.
Videos of it look crazy.

[JRDelirious]

Mildly surprised that it’s the first documented fatality. OTOH who the heck stands in jet blast for fun.

@Weisshund

I wish i could remember the one crazy island airport, the approach glide slope is like literally skimming down the mountain slope to the runway.

Videos of it look crazy.

St. Barthelemy

St Barth Amazing Plane landing and Takeoff footage at Gustaf III Airport

But for contrast, look up Saba airport.

✈ Shortest runway in the world ✔

[pulykamell]

@Weisshund

I’d say nature balanced things out, nothing to worry about.

I wish i could remember the one crazy island airport, the approach glide slope is like literally skimming down the mountain slope to the runway.
Videos of it look crazy.

You’re probably talking about St. Barthelemy; link in post #63.

ETA: Ninja’d.

[kayaker]

@voltaire

BUMP

I guess now we’ll see.

Wow. I’ve clung to that fence, and I’ve been tossed down in the sand. I can’t picture the wall she hit into, though.

[Mighty_Girl]

Ah… it’s a zombie thread. NM.

[Mighty_Girl]

Gibraltar also has a scary airport.

[Machine_Elf]

@kayaker

Wow. I’ve clung to that fence, and I’ve been tossed down in the sand. I can’t picture the wall she hit into, though.

Here’s an incident that happened some years ago; she lets go of the fence, tumbles and at 0:33 hits her head on a concrete curb maybe a foot high. I guess you could call it a “wall.”

[kayaker]

@JRDelirious

Mildly surprised that it’s the first documented fatality. OTOH who the heck stands in jet blast for fun.

Heh, guess you have to be there to get it.

[Philster]

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[JKellyMap]

@pulykamell

You’re probably talking about St. Barthelemy; link in post #63.

ETA: Ninja’d.

Or perhaps Tegucigalpa, Honduras.

[Senegoid]

@Mighty_Girl

Gibraltar also has a scary airport.

Four-lane highway (plus bike and pedestrian lanes) intersecting the runway.

Lots of pictures here.

Runway with railroad crossing.

[GusNSpot]

Been there, done that in 1991. I always wondered if the 747 pilots had a radar altimeter or were just that good at judging their height above the runway. On the days I was there, KLM put on the best show.
The pilots that used all the runway for take off and held the breaks until a lot of throttle was up could make the sand hurt like crazy. More fun right after a rain shower had cooled the air a bit and the wet sand did not blow as much.

Great fun.