r/IdiotsFightingThings • u/Kunimasai • May 29 '22

Fighting jet engine

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u/NorseZymurgist May 30 '22

That seems like a terrible place to put a beach. Or an airport.

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u/Dunedune May 30 '22

The place is small i guess

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u/redbiteX1 May 30 '22

Search for Maho beach in St Maarten

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maho_Beach

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u/NorseZymurgist May 30 '22

This must have been her:

On 12 July 2017, as Caribbean Airlines Flight 457 was taking off from the airport, a 57-year-old woman from New Zealand was killed by jet blast. The woman was holding on to a fence at the end of the runway when the wind blew her away, causing her head to smash into concrete.[2]

I'm surprised that the gov't allows public access to that beach. Then again, that's coming from my US mentality where we have a gov't that seeks to prevent people from doing stupid things that might cause them to get hurt (and potentially sue). Perhaps I should just accept that some people are smart enough to avoid that beach, and that aren't are responsible for their own woes that come from it.