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Thread: Don't stand behind a jet engine- girl injured @ St. Maarten's Princess Juliana airport

                  
   
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    Quote Originally Posted by GF-22a View Post
    Someone at work said they saw a show on the worse airports in the world for landings/takeoffs and that wasn't #1. She said the Honduras one was
    I can definitely see that.
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    Quote Originally Posted by GF-22a View Post
    Someone at work said they saw a show on the worse airports in the world for landings/takeoffs and that wasn't #1. She said the Honduras one was
    yeah honestly I think the ST. Maartens ones is probably more "scary" for those on the ground

    the Honduras one is a lot scarier looking for the plane:


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    Man that is a short runway!!!!!!

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    Was I the only one waiting for someone to shoot a rocket launcher toward the plane?

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    Quote Originally Posted by det2orl View Post
    Man that is a short runway!!!!!!
    yeah according to the youtube description that's video of it before the runway expansion (made it 16% longer) and they blasted a hill down a bit..

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    Doesnt look seriously injured? She slammed her face in to a cement block

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    Quote Originally Posted by steve6884 View Post
    Doesnt look seriously injured? She slammed her face in to a cement block
    She's sitting upright talking to police with no visible blood and I don't see any EMS people around..

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    Quote Originally Posted by det2orl View Post
    CHI midway has to be up there. Landing there is scary as ****.
    The whole airport I believe is one square mile. On a landing you swear you're going to come down on a house. Or you can overrun the runway and end up in the middle of traffic like this Southwest 737 in '05


    Regarding the St. Maarten airport, I've heard about this place and seen a number of photos. Incredible how close you can get.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Scott37189 View Post
    The whole airport I believe is one square mile. On a landing you swear you're going to come down on a house. Or you can overrun the runway and end up in the middle of traffic like this Southwest 737 in '05


    Regarding the St. Maarten airport, I've heard about this place and seen a number of photos. Incredible how close you can get.
    Never been to midway, so

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    Quote Originally Posted by Scott37189 View Post
    The whole airport I believe is one square mile. On a landing you swear you're going to come down on a house. Or you can overrun the runway and end up in the middle of traffic like this Southwest 737 in '05

    Regarding the St. Maarten airport, I've heard about this place and seen a number of photos. Incredible how close you can get.
    Yep, when I landed there it was wild. It was like the pilot was literally standing on the brakes. I was coming out of my seat with the seat belt on. Had to brace myself on the seat back of the seat in front of me.

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    It was while back but one time I had to connect in JFK and thought that was crazy, when landing it just looked like we were landing in water initially

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