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Tuesday 9 August 2016

Mind your head! Footage shows Boeing 747 coming scarily close to beachgoers at Caribbean island...

A heartstopping footage shows just how close planes come to beachgoers when landing at Princess Juliana Airport on the Caribbean island of St Maarten-St Martin.





A video was filmed recently by someone who was sunning themselves on Maho Beach, and shows what appears to be a KLM passenger jet coming into land.
Holidaymakers lift their hands in the air as they stand in shallow water, while sunseekers on the packed-out beach scream in anticipation.
The noise is deafening as the huge passenger jet roars over their heads, appearing scarily close.
The clip has been shared on Instagram and Facebook. 
Maho Beach is one of the world’s best plane-spotting locations, with thousands of brave holidaymakers flocking there every day to stand directly under the flight path as passenger jets buzz overhead as they land at Princess Juliana International Airport.
Videos are regularly shared on the internet of the nail-bitingly low landings at the Caribbean airport. 
Crowds gather on a daily basis to snap selfies and record video of low-flying aircraft.
Signs warn visitors that jet blast from arriving and departing planes can cause serious injury or even death.
Thrillseekers have been known to hold onto a chain-link fence when a jet is preparing for take-off so they are blasted by the engines and lifted off the ground.




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