New Zealand tourist dies after being hit by jet blast on Maho Beach in St. Maarten

On Wednesday, July 12th at approximately 06.00 p.m. the Emergency Central Dispatch received the first of several phone calls reporting an incident which took place on the Beacon Hill road in the vicinity of the airport runway of the Princess Juliana International Airport. From the reports, the Central Dispatch learnt that several persons were holding on to the airport fence during the take off of a large jet aircraft. During the take off this aircraft a 57 year old female tourist from New… (www.nydailynews.com) Ещё...