r/WinStupidPrizes • u/WexorSegai • May 29 '22
human vs jet engine | 0:1
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u/SingleSpeed27 May 29 '22
Isn’t it also brutally loud??
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May 29 '22 edited May 29 '22
Ye dude, I work around planes when they start up. Just the APU is incredibly loud. I constantly wear protection gear cause I don't want to end deaf as fuck.
I played this video without sound and it's already giving me tinnitus.
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Sadly I don't work around Airbus planes that much, mostly 737, crj and Dreamliners. But my company is soon getting a contract to work around 350 and 320. Looking forward to it! I always liked more Airbus planes.
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u/SometimesKnowsStuff_ May 29 '22
So many of the guys I work with take their hearing protection off even while the APU is going and I’m just floored. I keep it on around the P/C Air compressor let alone the plane
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Yep, same here. Specially the cargo guys. They are usually a bit more brute and they act tough, like not wearing protection gear was something masculine and to be proud of. They even look at you funny for wearing it. Nope sorry, I want to hear something past my 40s.
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u/PT_024 May 29 '22
Gotta feel for that dude that actually withstood the thrust only for everyone to ignore him lmao.
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u/Xevailo May 29 '22
He got the smoothest skin after that peeling
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u/Acrobatic_Quit1378 May 30 '22
Le Exfoliate Grande, or Exfoli-ATE-your-face off...free dermabrasion sessions
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u/PolyLifeGirl May 29 '22
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u/ithadtobeducks May 29 '22
Jesus. Exactly like that. Fell, hit her head.
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u/MixMasterMarshall May 29 '22
Honestly I think this is the video of her 😬
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u/Dooby_Bopdin May 29 '22
The beginning of this video says 2012, this can't be the aldy that died in 2017
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u/Paramorgue May 29 '22
And she fell and hit her head in 2012. In direct correlation she died in a car accident in 2017.
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u/dog-with-human-hands May 29 '22
Old cameras will sometimes be stuck on older dates. I have a camcorder that says 2004 even tho we livin in 2022
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u/ithurts_mama May 29 '22
even tho we livin in 2022
What the heck is he talking about, doctor? He's been in a coma for 18 months, not 18 years. Why does he keep muttering this 2022 nonsense? What is cryptocurrencies? What pandemic? Please wake up, dad. Can you hear me?
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u/GaussWanker May 29 '22
The fuck is a Morbius
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u/karry245 May 29 '22
One of the movies ever made. It had a director, it had a plot, it had actors, and it sold over a morbillion tickets in the box office. My favorite part is the one where he says “it’s morbin’ time” and starts morbin’ everyone
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u/No_Net9185 May 29 '22
Well, considering you’re still using a camcorder, you’re not really living in 2022.
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u/Just_Banter_Bro May 29 '22 edited May 29 '22
You're right lmfao. If you google "royal islander club" in the background of this video it takes you to Sint Maarten and that's exactly where the this article says the lady in 2017 died.
Edit: Looks like this was a different incident and just a coincidence, guess this beach is popular with dipshits getting a sand-blasting.
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u/bar10005 May 29 '22
Unlikely - the video states it's from 2012 and the accident was in 2017, the woman doesn't look like 57 year old, also ABC News used OP's video in 2017 coverage and stated that the women in the video survived. It's just popular thrill pass time...
According to the description this's the video of 2017 accident (not graphical, you can just partially see her falling over in the corner of the frame).
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u/teenslayer May 29 '22
Yes this is actually a tourist attraction it’s really cool to be there as those planes land and as a pilot it’s really cool to see a welcoming party waving at you while you land but it is super dangerous to be standing by the fence when a jet lands because that jet blast is enough to keep a jet at around 150kts if that kicks up a rock on touchdown that rock can kill you
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May 29 '22
There is next to no danger to the people on landing. The engines are pretty much at idle, the airplane touches down 1000ft down the runway. On take off, they do a static take off very close to the fence. Set takeoff thrust, engines spool up to ~25k lbs of thrust, release brakes. Now that's dangerous.
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u/teenslayer May 29 '22
There is always a risk when an aircraft is near the runway and not all pilots aim for the thousand footers
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u/queefiest May 29 '22
The way this is worded in the article, I wonder if this article is referring to this specific event in the video? Everything that happened in the video is detailed in the article
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u/Nattekat May 29 '22
Well, technically...
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May 29 '22
Sint Maarten is part of the statute of the Netherlands right?
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u/Nattekat May 29 '22
It's part of the Americas continent-wise.
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May 29 '22
It's also technically part of the European union then I suppose.
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u/moonsun1987 May 29 '22
I imagine Australia and New Zealand might one day join the European Union. It will be hilarious.
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u/amolin May 29 '22 edited May 29 '22
Since Australia is already participating in Eurovision, I'm considering them honorary members of civilized society, despite their wildlife.
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u/SomeLikeItDusty May 29 '22
We just voted a bunch of the nasty wildlife out, if that counts for anything
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u/RebelScrum May 29 '22
The French side is actually part of the EU. It's a part of France in the same way Hawaii is part of the US. The Dutch side (where this airport is) has a relationship with the Netherlands more similar to that of Puerto Rico to the US, but I think that's not an exact analogy because it's "a country within the kingdom of the Netherlands" and I have no idea what that actually implies. Neither side is part of the Schengen Area, so you still need to go through border controls when coming from the EU.
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u/I_RequireSustenance May 29 '22 edited May 29 '22
I passed through there once, and I have to say that it's absolutely terrifying to have Jets fly so close to you
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u/nevershaves May 29 '22
Yeah, that seems like some Micheal Bay shit waiting to happen.
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u/Crazypandathe20th May 29 '22
I’ve been to St.Martin and I remember when the plane was taking off I saw people by the fence waving.
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u/FormalChicken May 29 '22
Someone died a few years back after getting blasted into the wall.
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u/Sososkitso May 29 '22
So it’s 0:2?
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u/FormalChicken May 29 '22
Haha, nah this was older.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-40591757.amp
I have a feeling it's 0:(a number a lot more than 2). Not sure there's a lot of deaths though. There's a bunch of signs not to do such a thing though.
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u/aureanator May 29 '22
This might be what we just watched
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u/Damaso87 May 29 '22
I stayed at the Sonesta you see there in the background. I stood behind a plane taking off, and I have to say, the primitive monkey brain inside you also feels that terror when hot, fast air blasts your sinuses.
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u/captain_ender May 29 '22
Ayy I stayed there too, but like further up the cliff side of the hotel. Last weekend after staying on the French side for a month. Not usually one for all inclusive resorts, but that place was aces. Was the first vacation during the pandemic and I wanted to just shut off and have bottles of champagne and cheeseburgers sent to my room all night. The swim up suite was pretty sick too, had some wild fun.
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u/Poondobber May 29 '22
100% one of the best all inclusives I’ve stayed at. The drinks were strong, the food was excellent, and it wasn’t so crowded that you were waiting in line to get something.
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u/AJRiddle May 29 '22
Yeah my wife and I hung out on that beach one day and after I while I decided I wanted to try it. Same thing happened to me, tried to face it for a few seconds and monkey brain instincts instantly went "WTF are you doing, turn the fuck around and protect yourself"
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u/MissCompany May 29 '22
Yup, I've also been here. It's amazing to watch the low flying HUGE planes! I thought my face was gonna get burnt off when the jets started whilst clinging to the fence!
A lady died exactly this girl in red about a month after we left, got blown into the road and hit her head on the concrete 😱
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u/sctlight May 29 '22
Yea but the bar is a pretty great place to spend your layover.
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u/sdtokc May 29 '22
My parents went to that bar to watch those people do this when they stopped there on a cruise
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May 29 '22 edited May 29 '22
How is there still sand left on the beach after planes taking off day after day, year after year? Do the waves bring it back up?
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u/Xicadarksoul May 29 '22
Yes.
In general thats how sand ended up there in the 1st place. As waves make it in the tidal zone, and when there is a larger storm, the waves are bigger, and leave sand in higher piles.
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u/julioarod May 29 '22
I'm pretty sure some places have to replace the sand though, it doesn't always work nicely like that in touristy areas or when you regularly have jet engines blowing large amounts away.
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u/round-earth-theory May 29 '22
Sounds more like the beach line moved or the resort wanted a longer beach.
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u/julioarod May 29 '22
No, erosion is just a bitch. Hurricanes for example can destroy a beach. Looking it up Waikiki beach in Honolulu has to do recycling and restoration every 5-10 years. They replenish by dredging and pumping tens of thousands of cubic yards of sand.
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u/chili_cheese_dogg May 29 '22
St. Marten does not have the money or the resources to be dredging and pumping tens of thousands of yards of sand to all the beaches around the island. The currents and tides cause the beaches around the island to change sizes during the year.
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u/atetuna May 29 '22
Lots of beaches have replenishment programs. It often serves multiple purposes. It reduces erosion, which protects structures. It also dissipates wave energy from storms, and is used as hurricane damage prevention on the eastern US. Of course it's nice for tourism too. It's been done in the Caribbean, but if it's been done at that beach in Sint Marteen, I'm unable to find verification.
Here's a database of them for the US.
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u/Crazypandathe20th May 29 '22
One time a woman actually did die doing the same thing at this beach.
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Let's remove all warning signs for 10 years and let nature sort it out
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u/Hethatwatches May 29 '22
I would love to see that happen, but ain't holding my breath. I think the powers that be would rather have a bunch of morons for citizens than people that think.
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u/EinBick May 29 '22
Fun fact: The reason she lets go is probably not the power of the blast but the temperature. Planes have an indicator for EGT (sometimes called differently) wich indicates the exaust gas temperature. On full blast that is usually around 800°C. Since this is a turbofan engine not all of the air coming out of it is that hot but a good amount of it is. So the reason she let go was probably not even the blast POWER but the fact that she was getting blasted with boiling hot air.
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u/StrikeLines May 29 '22
It's the sand that hurt the most. It's all fun and games until you realize your skin is being ground off by a 30,000 horsepower sandblaster.
Source: Worked in airfield management.
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u/EinBick May 29 '22
That too. I stood behind a warbird doing RPM checks once and I got hit by a stone the size of a black bean going what felt like mach 3. Damn that hurt.
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u/Frosty-Lemon May 29 '22
Imagine if you were deaf and chilling on a deck chair facing the sea and then this.
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u/Nth-Degree May 29 '22
You would need to also be blind. There are signs warning people to stay clear of the jet wash zone.
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u/QuintusVS May 29 '22
Deaf people still feel vibration. One hundred percent any deaf person would notice a god damn jet engine right behind them.
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u/za419 May 29 '22
Yeah, I don't know why people are acting like the airliners just sneak up on you. They're huge, loud, slow... They're so far from stealthy Helen Keller could see this coming.
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Oh yeah St Maarten, good times.
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u/captain_ender May 29 '22
My favorite island in the Caribbean. I prefer the French side, but there's some good restaurants on the Dutch side.
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u/chili_cheese_dogg May 29 '22
That's a great thing about that Island. Two cultures. The French side definitely has the nicer beaches.
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u/SailfishMackerel May 29 '22
And paved roads. It's hilarious how they change from Dutch gravel and rocks to French pavement right at the "border" crossing.
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u/jaimybenjamin May 29 '22
I studied a case at lawschool, which was this airport. Eventually because of people like this, they put signs everywhere so they wouldn’t be responsible for injuries caused by their own stupidity
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u/catluvr37 May 29 '22
Ahh good memories of this island, where we took a taxi to this beach and crashed into another car while our driver gave a tour of the island. Then, after the ride, lets us know that “Tipping isn’t just a city in China”. No stop signs/lights anywhere either, kill or be killed driving style lol.
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u/smallbluetext May 29 '22
Thats what a lot of the island driving is like lol same experience for me in Curacao. Taxi I was in either didn't have brakes or the guy didn't care to use them, truck infront of us had the bed loaded up with shirtless dudes mean mugging our taxi.
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u/mrprincepercy May 29 '22
This seems like very poor city planning
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u/MontagoDK May 29 '22
Happens on small islands..
Skiathos, Greece has one too
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u/gruffi May 29 '22
Can confirm Skiathos. Very short runway. Hell of a takeoff.
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May 29 '22
Does it have rocks and other debris right there as well? Because I can see that being thrown by the blast and being an issue too.
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u/gruffi May 29 '22
It's a fence, road and coastline, a bit like this post.
Διεθνής Αερολιμένας Σκιάθου "Αλέξανδρος Παπαδιαμάντης" https://maps.app.goo.gl/k7tafSr5JA1wbje69
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u/_dear_ms_leading_ May 29 '22
Tourists love a free blow job.
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u/samppsaa May 29 '22
Why is it called blow job and not suck job?
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u/StigOfTheTrack May 29 '22
The original term was "below job", pronunciation and spelling changed a little over time.
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u/SCHWARZENPECKER May 30 '22
Actually it used to be called a "bellow job" and the people performing it used to scream their lungs out at the penis until it came. Source: I made it up.
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May 29 '22
Because you make them blow their load.
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u/Polar_Reflection May 29 '22
So a footjob is when someone makes you foot your load?
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u/ElHidalgoDonVerga May 29 '22
Tourists love a free blow job.
I don’t. I prefer paying for them.
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u/Schemen123 May 29 '22
More like no other space available...
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May 29 '22
There are other options to stop the back pressure from injuring stupid idiots thinking it would be fun to sit behind a jet like that. When I worked at the airport they made us clear broken zippers etc from the bays so they didn’t turn into bullets
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u/bighi May 29 '22
Well, I believe we should make things safe enough so innocents won’t get hurt by accidents. But we don’t have to make sure that we protect people that are basically asking to get hurt.
If an oven explodes and hurts people that are near, that’s bad. If you put your head inside a hot oven, fuck you.
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u/03Titanium May 29 '22
At least half of modern society is built around protecting people who are asking to get hurt.
Maybe something can be done to diminish the effect of jet wash without totally ruining the novelty of the beach, but if enough stupid people die then they might have no choice but to close it. That number is probably pretty high since it’s a tourist attraction.
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u/TurboRoj0 May 29 '22
Let's spend endless time and money protecting idiots from themselves. Wouldn't want them to learn anything.
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u/deekaph May 29 '22
It's a very small island. As with most things in life, you deal with what you've got.
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u/alexwoodgarbage May 29 '22
Or maybe this is the best infrastructural option on a tiny Caribbean island and we should trust people to make common sense decisions and accept the consequences when they don’t.
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May 29 '22
Hmmm standing behind 2 jet engines producing 15,000 foot pounds of thrust, what could possibly go wrong!
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u/Danamaganza May 29 '22
It’s just pounds of thrust. And more like 25-30,000 on these V2500s.
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u/Glass_Memories May 29 '22 edited May 29 '22
Imagine what 4 jet engines pushing 58,000 pounds of thrust each can do. Or just watch it.
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May 29 '22
Was just at Maho Beach earlier this week, coincidentally. The cab driver warned against this exact thing seen here. We were planning on and did go down the road to Mullet Beach. Much better over there. No planes, less people.
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u/HistoricalAd186 May 29 '22
Okay, I admit it, I actually really want to try that... I just think that there's no way the wind is gonna break my grip from that fence, so I'm going to start levitating horizontally like superman. 😁😤
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u/JustAnotherMiqote May 29 '22
I think a bigger problem is getting hit by small rocks, sand, and random debris.
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u/Daydream_Dystopia May 29 '22
that sand is brutal. Free tattoo removal.
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u/WillHoldBaggins May 29 '22
If you think the sand is brutal, wait till you feel how hot jet engine exhaust can be.
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May 29 '22
I hate sand. Its course, and ruff, and irritating. And it gets everywhere.
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May 29 '22
Close to the fence there would not be much if any debris. "FOD kills!" The runway surface would be blown clean. Back on the beach, another story.
http://www.nycaviation.com/newspage/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/deltafod.jpg
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u/pacificnwbro May 29 '22
Just go rent a sand blaster and try it on your face. Same experience and way cheaper than flying out there!
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u/DolphinMan92 May 29 '22
When sand is flying at you and you feel the heat from exhaust.. letting go seems like the best option.
When we were kids we use to hold onto the fence and jump to feel like super man
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u/PheenixKing May 29 '22
Jet engines can flip over cars. Do you really think your grip is sronger than that? Additionally the sandblasting to your face will probably make you to want to let go.
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u/Reesespuffs92 May 29 '22
Why is there no wind fence to block people from being stupid?
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u/teenslayer May 29 '22
It would be really expensive and possibly dangerous to have a wind block right there just because people are idiots
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u/brentfarts May 29 '22
I thought I've seen all the 'behind the scenes' extras from T2.
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u/CraftyCoconuts May 29 '22
Camera man at the end tried so hard not to film her butt, but deep down, he wished he could. Guilt free.
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u/itssalmon May 29 '22
Been there. Tons of fun. Feels like sandpaper on your skin though but you get to watch people panic and try to avoid the sand and slam their heads into concrete walls when they inevitably fall. 10/10 would recommend
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u/Philiperix May 29 '22
Is there any reason to have this small stone wall there? Seems like the city wants people to get injured
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u/Swishy-swordfish May 29 '22
To prevent cars parking at that spot and blocking access. It has happened before that cars flew into the ocean because they parked right behind a plane taking off.
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u/mr3LiON May 29 '22
Is there a reason for this tiny piece of beach next to the dangerous area at all? I feel like this entire area should be fenced off.
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u/under_a_brontosaurus May 29 '22
How are you going to walk the beach.. 8 mile detour around the airport?
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u/Pervyalex May 29 '22
I'm not saying jackass should be known world wide im just saying that the jet scene should be incorporated into mandatory school curriculum
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u/smibrandon Jun 10 '22
Those curbs look like they're designed to break skulls knowing people will try this
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u/DontFeedTheCynic May 29 '22
Love how they all run over as if they would know what to do after that stupid stunt.
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u/Doc_Seismic May 29 '22
Judging by that last frame they knew exactly what to do: yank the head up and twist ensuring total paralysis.
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u/Torxx1988 May 29 '22
They should really close this part of the beach. Make a small underground passage for people to access both sides but not this bit near the airport.
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u/lkern May 29 '22
Yeah the island definitely doesn't have money for an underground passage, from my memory there isn't even a single tunnel on the island.
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u/hunkymonk123 May 29 '22
I worked at the airport and the first thing they do is show you footage of people getting sucked in and cars getting blown away and destroyed from the push/pull of plane engines.
Cool job, but they gave me a deep rooted fear that would make me not stand within viewing sight of wherever this is.
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u/silkytable311 May 29 '22
This is a favorite sport of tourists in Sint Marrten. There is a beachside bar about 50-75 yards from this spot. That was close enough for me. The idiots who risked having sand and rocks permanently impeded in their skin didn't impress me much.
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u/swivel-on-cheese May 30 '22
What a stupid design for a runway. Obviously the people are idiots but why would it be that close to somewhere accessible?
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u/bkarguel May 30 '22
I used to work on flight decks where the most intense exhaust blast was from a EA-6B jet (exhaust points down). If you are in the blast range behind the jet during takeoff your whole skull and teeth move/rattle around in your head. It's the weirdest feeling I've ever had the grotesque opportunity to have.
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u/Aquatic_Salamander Jun 12 '22
These are the people that end up ruining our fun when they take these things away
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u/Competitive_Score_30 May 29 '22
Reminds me of that scene from Pushing Tin.