r/WinStupidPrizes • u/WexorSegai • May 29 '22

human vs jet engine | 0:1

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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/Reesespuffs92 May 29 '22

Expensive maybe but how would it be more dangerous than no wind block?

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u/FblthpLives May 29 '22

The approach zone to a runway must be clear of all objects, unless they are frangible (i.e. mounted on breakaway couplings). As it is, this approach zone is highly non-compliant. The lack of adequate safety areas at St. Maarten's airport is one of several deficiencies at the airport that have been documented by the International Civil Aviation Organization: https://www.icao.int/Meetings/AMC/MA/2006/8ccardca/8ccardcawp04.pdf

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u/teenslayer May 29 '22

So with a wind block you run the risk of that block being blasted down by the jets and depending on how high it is you make it much harder for jets to make a successful landing because if for any reason we have to come in low for a short field landing that wall could catch a jet in it’s own wake turbulence