KLM 747 Extreme Jet Blast blowing People away at Maho Beach, St. Maarten - 2014-01-14

[@Tm_37]

It still baffles me how a machine of this size can fly. Respect to all the great minds putting this together.

[@yadgy6962]

I love watching the A380s take off from JFK. I would be sitting on the bay off runways 4L....to see an Air France A380 lift off...wow. it's moving so slow and seems to defy the laws of gravity and physics. Part of me is waiting for it to fall out of the sky (I don't want that, but that's what my brain is thinking )

[@eckyx9019]

And 60 or 70 years before the mighty 747 flew aircraft were made of string, wood and cloth.

[@onemercilessming1342]

Bernoulli's principle.

[@nigeriadiasporaachievers978]

Honestly anytime I think of how impossible it should be i can't get myself to fly

[@annettelacey7913]

I was thinking the same,there so big and heavy,like great biats how do they float

[@aggiearko3331]

I'm a retired flight attendant. I flew there many times. The pilots saw this as a perk of the job. Plus...you have to take off hard and fast. Mountain in front of you.

[@thhomasmarks]

oh how cool!!:>))

[@mikaylathecat1658]

That's really cool 🤩

[@jeraleewood5969]

Thanks for sharing!

[@dawsondetrana5496]

Hard and fast just like I like it

[@eyemnew2991]

@@dawsondetrana5496 😄..I'm pretty sure that's not what it meant, but nevertheless , good comment 👍

[@JohnSmith-wj2wd]

What has fascinated me is that after all those countless takeoffs that happened there, there's still sand on that beach.

[@artrose1717]

Has to do with the way the air flows. Just above the sand, the air flow = 0. Zero.

[@martinraxyz]

It's just a drop in the ocean, nothing more. 😁

[@jessdawgcrampz6389]

If u only knew how far out the sand was 15 years ago m8 n imagin b4 dat the beach was way out i can remember as a kid going there

[@martinraxyz]

@@isabellind1292 Haha! I can bet!!!

[@susieq2334]

Waves bring more sand into the beach. Crazy how nature brings everything into balance!

[@Dqueen11]

This doesn't get old. Beautiful plane! challenging airport, and crazy people having fun!! What a combo

[@vlz.matthew]

they have to be careful though a girl tripped on the road and died because her head hit the border

[@lisak.1814]

I stood behind one of these at this airport (across the street, and was able to duck behind a car.) Exhilarating! Also got a free dermabrasion lol. This is a fun airport to watch.

[@jean-lucpierre8636]

That's your idea of having fun?

[@LeL-q9e]

@@vlz.matthew I read an old woman, in her sixties, lost her grip, her head hit the concrete and she died. I didn't know another person, a girl, also died this way. You have to hang on, its fun, but if you don't have the strength to hang on its not for you.

[@LearnCompositionOnline]

❤

[@mastacheifa1182]

*If it can take that massive thing into the air at 500+ mph, what could it do to your body? LETS STAND RIGHT BEHIND IT AND FIND OUT!!!*

[@ally9743]

Advocatus Diaboli Why is everyone taking this so seriously it was a joke

[@ally9743]

Advocatus Diaboli Exalted because you cant take one

[@ally9743]

Advocatus Diaboli You’re being so rude for one little comment 😹😹 stop making it such a big deal 😹😹

[@syahmiahmad2166]

AllyInTheCut ‘ 🐱😂😂😂😂🐱😂🐱😂🐱🐱🐱😂😂😅😅😂😄😢😢😊😑😹😹😹😹😹

[@tanthedrummanhebert9108]

Why would anybody wanna stick around for that

[@joelsteckler2191]

Nothing better than going to a tropical island and sit on a crowded beach with the sound and smell of jet engines. Crossing that off the list

[@ViniSDL]

These people are there precisely because of the jet engines. Some people, myself included, simply find it really awesome seeing 400 metric tons take off into the sky

[@nigelfarage69]

There are plenty of other beaches around the island without this going on.

[@turolretar]

Good thing you aren’t there

[@dBro4769]

I bet those pilots never wanted rear view mirrors so badly.

[@anteeklund4159]

Donovan Brothen lol

[@friendlypiranha774]

Donovan Brothen Whaaa, haaa, haa, ha. I nearly spat my coffee out😂😂😂

[@Anna-ym5mh]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@trevorvallo5841]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@damusicman.3196]

Haha! ... lookalike a bunch of ants blown-away! 😁

[@rachelderenoncourt3881]

KLM the first time I ever flew first class. They picked me randomly and asked if wanted an upgrade!!! Salute!!!

[@randomname1635]

its just so satisfying seeing how immensly powerful these jet engines are

[@princeharming8963]

They burn a gallon of fuel per second. Amazing!

[@Oved248]

Thrust and lift won't work for something that heavy without jet propulsion to achieve adequate speed. That law is amazing, and the intelligence to take advantage of it is truly God-sent. Wow!

[@perdetha]

I saw that mountain and wondered.

[@chirstfullgospelchurch5906]

@@Oved248 LLLll

[@chirstfullgospelchurch5906]

@@Oved248 ko ollllllopplplpolllllollllllllllllllllllllollllllllllll

[@7080nik]

Those KLM 747s are the most beautiful planes in the world. Seeing them land and taking off on this Island is just frikkin awesome!!!

[@mauditebalvenie]

Yeah I was lucky to fly on one JFK to Schiphol, such a smooth flight.

[@TheMz3112]

I agree, they're the most beautiful of all

[@hookednrolling2009]

Pan American was better looking

[@Leo-dd7om]

Air France is one hell of a landing at St Marten also

[@davidhumphreys9938]

@@TheMz3112Concorde!

[@deadnlovingit]

What a majestic plane - full of grace. When it slowly taxis to its runway, and takes turn around the bend - looks so elegant and masterpiece especially with that color. Boeing 747 is legendary and that hump makes it stand out as the best designed airplane of all time.

[@deadnlovingit]

@Rogério Setúbal Peixoto peixoto I know right? What a shame it has to go down...

[@donbon4204]

the hump shape design was from a playboy magazine that was left in laying around on the table of the design office and it was accidently left open to where chief designer noticed a pelvic hump shape on the centrefold model and the rest is history

[@GLICIOUS21]

We get it. You want to seduce the 747. Get a room my guy.

[@nicholasschwarz7663]

The Queen of the Skies. Lufthansa still uses 747-800 to SFO. Emirates rotates an A380 with a 777-300er to LAX

[@shairaptor1865]

It's a extremely sexy hot plane! Very erotic!

[@skhan7154]

Nothing beats the elegance of B747 .

[@totallyskint5899]

Strongly disagree. Concord was the Swan of the sky. 747s are work horses.

[@juanjotm4821]

That's right. Pure elegance of that beautiful 747-400 of KLM

[@flightrisk1974]

I did this a few years ago, as the MD-80 was lining up to take off, the Co-pilot opened his window and cheered the crowed lined up on the fence! The captain spooled the engines to full power and stood on the brakes for about 45 seconds, it lifted some of us off our feet like kites holding onto the fence.... what a ride!! Thank you thanks guys!!, btw, i'm a flight student!!

[@revolutionnow5227]

You should gave recorded it

[@dtaylor939]

Is the air coming at you extremely hot?

[@seltaeb3302]

Well these pilots are the type that cause air disasters by their flippant attitudes thinking it's fun & already there has been a death from this.

[@darkdodo3789]

@@dtaylor939 Yes it is pretty hot

[@elsingon7464]

These pilots from InselAir had no mercy. 😂... They always did that... Trust it was always a show Everytime these guys took off... They always went out... I sure miss these guys 😌... I actually enjoyed the MD 80 more than the 747

[@leonaessens4399]

Apart from everything else, KLM's striking livery just has to be one of the most successful in aviation history.

[@thhomasmarks]

fortunate to have made kt out the debacle ofTenerife in 76

[@Calmdown1354]

Will always be remembered for Tenerife!

[@leonaessens4399]

@@Calmdown1354 Sadly, you're right. For an airline with such pedigree (Qantas is the world's oldest airline but KLM was only one year behind), Tenerife was a catastrophic event KLM may never live down...

[@Calmdown1354]

@@leonaessens4399 I guess it's only for those who know about it though. British Airways are regarded highly by a lot here in the UK, although I know them having had a fair few bad incidents!! I personally don't rate them very highly at all. I think the problem with KLM in Tenerife, was the way the pilot clearly ignored his orders!

[@PeterKKraus]

United would not agree.

[@jimanianortonified7015]

If I were a hungry shark, that's the part of shore I will hang out at.

[@eastsidebarajas6932]

Lol comments like these

[@randomguy-vn6pe]

@@Spontaneousanonymous000 easy, get off the blow area and get them when the plane already goes, free meals 4 days

[@forssi1]

I would not be judging you. You're just a shark being a shark. There would be no need to kill you or anything.

[@Huvve1980]

Dinner and a show

[@Sarasdad91]

I seriously doubt that Jaws would go near that plane. Not unless he wants to be blown to the bottom of the ocean...

[@aliciacarpino8931]

This video randomly came across my feed, probably because we recently celebrated our 10 year wedding anniversary in Saint Maarten. In looking at the date that this video was taken, this was when my husband and I were in Saint Marteen for our honeymoon. Low and behold we are on that beach and in this video. I am laughing and reminiscing on how I would never do that again, but rather watch from a far. (I’m in the pink bottoms and my husband is holding up a camera) 🤣 this made my day!

[@2760ade]

What a really cool coincidence!😀😀

[@agnes6633]

I thought the title meant *blown away* as in amazed, not *literally* being blown away lol

[@yagesh287]

i thought there would be a blast with people flying everywhere. disappointed

[@jolandachopra506]

Agnes K dxqsaad

[@moaz6395]

Yogesh Singh People did fly away. People inside the plane.

[@ibram8787]

@@moaz6395 I'm blown away

[@thhomasmarks]

@Agnes ... both

[@Scottocaster6668]

Co- Pilot: "Sir, look at all the beach bums that decided to ignore the warning signs during jet departure..." Captain: "Oh yea??... Watch This!!!" 👍😝👍

[@chuckisaw913]

.I.

[@relaiearusha3377]

Skümmtööns '66 lol🤣🤣

[@roadtoad7704]

Edit suggestion: "Oh yea?...hold my beer."

[@96Luisinho]

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

[@williampercival7662]

@@chuckisaw913 Time to visit Spec's.

[@Triniswe]

I guess they were so amazed by the plane that they got totally *blown away!*

[@dreamdestroyer0072]

get out

[@umbrella638]

omfg lul so bad i cringed

[@charlienilsson3546]

Thanawat Mamak "lul"? You're ten atleast he made IT himself

[@umbrella638]

lul is made to piss people off with poor spelling hehe

[@Sgt.Dornan117]

go back to Reddit

[@deep.space.12]

Love the joy of those two dudes who managed to hang on to the fence!

[@rockeruss555]

I noticed them as well!

[@rizato1]

Good call

[@theroyalcam]

it amazes me that people put down their towels and belongings exactly where the jet blast is gonna be when an airplane takes off...

[@kingwacky184]

it amazes me that they build the runway right next to a beach, most of all that the planes take off with the engines facing the beach where they should have known people would gather.

[@theroyalcam]

the runway was built in 1964, i think the runway has higher priority than some clowns on a beach that weren't even sperm at the time it was built.

[@cherrytwitter9342]

theroyalcam congratulations you won the argument!

[@billybruh6197]

theroyalcam they got what was coming for them Anyone who feels bad for them or is pissed at the company they knew what they where getting into parking their asses a couple meters from a huge ass plane taking of

[@ylette]

They did it for fun.

[@davidjurkiewicz8148]

Let me guess, this was in your recommendations?

[@crvise]

Yup

[@stanleychen7466]

Exactly

[@jaedyn4037]

Well yeah but I also live here😂

[@brittanyperkins2208]

Nope I searched for it😂

[@PrabertDeNiro]

of course

[@icanfix1]

I think this has become part of the St Maarten experience. 👍🏼

[@commentaccount3526]

You have to be there at just the right time. Theres isn't too many 747s taking off. I was there a few years ago and all I saw were 737s landing and smaller planes taking off.

[@thhomasmarks]

old experience, been doing it fer years now

[@thhomasmarks]

Dats cuz 747z don't fly ther' no 'mo sinz 2016:>))

[@thhomasmarks]

@icanfix1 ... has ferra' long time... hey fix me a drink while Europe...

[@billhosko7723]

You think Karen? Really Karen?

[@anwara-y2n]

The greatest plane ever built. Flew at least 7 times on a B-747 from 1976 to 1985. Once in 1st class.

[@leedza]

747 is a legend of the skies.

[@Twobarpsi]

During those same years I flew on a TWA 747 4 times. Also twice on a British Airways 747.

[@antohong]

And I was one of the first stewardesses on a KLM 747 in 1971 .​@@Twobarpsi

[@Twobarpsi]

@@antohong 🤗

[@drivemyexotic5274]

I've been on the Maho beach for a 747 take off. It is actually pretty fun but it hurts quite a bit. Feels like the sand is going into your skin. Pretty unique experience.

[@blacknass1943]

i belive it !

[@ayushdev3567]

Pretty foolish too

[@amr4336]

@ Only this airport, you cannot do this at other major airports.

[@peterjayanduna789]

Ohhhh good memories

[@minnie4973]

@ byeee

[@dianalee3059]

I love how close that plane is to the fence when it’s positioned for takeoff

[@kay9549]

noticed that as well, that a huge craft to turn round, in that area. The 747' s are a beauty !! Sure that many people, over time, experienced some hearing loss. Can't imagine the force, prior to excelling down the runway, prior to rotation

[@fitton27]

Wow, really gives you a perspective of the size of that 747. Crazy how these things fly!

[@IAMBlessed811]

😂😍 years after my grandmother passed away,she always told us this story and we laughed together,and now watching this video somehow made me SO happy for Her to see the experience she had in the Caribbean. my grandmother is a blessed Soul,and from this episode she just laughed,how she just flew towards the sea 🌊 and at the time I was an teenager,I just traveling in her stories 😊❤️♾️😂🙏🏽♾️👵🏼✈️❤️🦋🦋🦋🦋🦋🙏🏽

[@MaxencePetratto]

Heee566r456

[@facitenonvictimarum]

Darwin's theory of natural selection in progress.

[@George-sc4yh]

Aren't you fun.

[@DaRealLegacy]

facite non victimarum 😂😂😂😂😂

[@digitaldreamer8637]

Bahaha. Totally agree. 😂👌🏼

[@sambridhathapa4313]

You sound jealous mate.

[@sambridhathapa4313]

@@lor7780 It's a thrill mate. Same like those people who bunjee and skydive. Not safe, but once in a lifetime type o thing.

[@lothean2099]

At the end, a guy was running to get his kid. Great parenting. Lol

[@MothproofKT]

lothean where abouts on the screen? Been trying to find it since reading your comment but it’s like playing Where’s Wally/Waldo but ‘find the dumb parent’ edition! 😂

[@raspyshiit]

@@MothproofKT around 1:35 dad in a white vest and black shorts runs to pick something up from the ground, which happens to be his child... but it kind of looks like a dark towel (because of the shadow). look on the left of the screen (down and a bit to the right of the orange plane icon.) i hope this helps!

[@MothproofKT]

lothean thanks. After watching a few times, I think the way he picks “it” up and the way the front arms are positioned, it actually looks like a small dog. Notice how the woman he’s with isn’t too bothered? They look around and realise it’s missing and she just sits there. I’m gonna assume she’d move her ass if it were her baby. If it is a baby, then she seems worse of a parent! Seriously, that wind force looks insane!

[@ayubfaisal1268]

PPP

[@dessyratna9263]

@@MothproofKT llkAW01KÀALZKKSKĹOKKJKKSKLÒO9KĹOXOMLJS

[@Helyob.castenelli3525]

Those KLM planes are gorgeous. Maybe is the blue since I love blue, but they are elegant and massive.

[@moon-cf2vw]

Ikr, unfortunate that delta and KLM retired their 747s. I understand it’s more efficient now but I will always regret not flying on one or seeing one up close, no that I could have cause I was young lol. But yeah I will miss the 747 luckily it will be around for a while with Lufthansa and even longer with freighters.

[@thaintriguing1]

You’ll probably like the UNC Chapel Hill color

[@dennisbehselich3747]

@@moon-cf2vw Flown on them more than once, beautiful aircraft.

[@shairaptor1865]

Yes the blue makes the plane soooo sexy!

[@badass6.0powerstroke10]

I Know what you mean, i Love the color Blue, it's the Greatest ! Blue makes anything look good.

[@boatman222345]

I worked as a layout engineer at Logan Airport in Boston in the 1960s and back then airports were required to built blast fences to deflect the turbulent discharge when the pilots powered up the engines. These people could easily have been ensured by this. The noise alone could seriously damage their hearing.

[@pual682]

Don’t let this distract you from the fact that KZbin moved the comments

[@womanoffaith31]

Bro really 🤣😂🤣

[@benfoley2021]

I already know

[@kylerluo4544]

Lord Teddy Bear Not for me on IPad. iPhone is really annoying though.

[@MyGodZach]

No, they've just been blown away by the plane

[@dylandr2356]

1:13 are we gonna ignore that the starting sound from the engines are music to the ears

[@sitsia3808]

Xd

[@smokeybanditBBQ]

That's exactly what i love about it. The rev up no matter what jet engine But the GE-90 takes the cake in my opinion.

[@wimpwampwomp]

certainly to ze ears of ze german army in france. props to ze luftwaffe, and props to herr pohlmann

[@susieq2334]

@@smokeybanditBBQ first time I was on business on an AA 77W... I almost cried during takeoff🥲

[@uhuraenterprise6372]

Great music

[@elenwashere]

man gets blown away by his own creation

[@porflepopnecker4376]

Those people didn't create that plane.

[@moizmac502]

Porfle Popnecker maybe one of them did

[@moaz6395]

kaibosh I am sure he/she is much smarter than you are who can't even understand sarcasm.

[@awsomecrafter6482]

Porfle Popnecker man as in mankind you fucking dumb ass little bitch

[@dsboss206]

Moaz or he could have an iq of a peanut and actually meant what he was saying...

[@JohnSmith-bn7bl]

loved those 747s. should still be in service and still manufactured. proven design and build.

[@vlz.matthew]

didn't even know they stopped. but there are some still in service just not being manufactured

[@RegiyThornton]

They basically got replaced by the a380 but definitely no where near as many flying now

[@revolutionnow5227]

I agree 100% i miss the 747 . The one thing i absolutely love from usa

[@JohnSmith-bn7bl]

i think Lufthansa have a few in service, not many tho, yes. regrettably.... wish they would go back and start making them again. @@RegiyThornton

[@prinsreintje]

Sadly more expensive to run than the newer models

[@PracticalKnow]

I'd worry much more about getting blinded from debris rather than getting blown over.

[@williampercival7662]

Time to visit Spec's.

[@joecausey8508]

Yeah, such as getting my eyes full of sand.

[@DanDownunda8888]

Not to mention the exhaust fumes.

[@TheEDFLegacy]

I would be more worried about being pelted by a rock from the runway! At the speed of the jet blast it could be like a bullet.

[@MiguelDias186]

Yes

[@9alex2]

Natural Selection

[@WSWEss]

what you mean?

[@arturo.arreola]

He means that human beings created airplanes.

[@swashbucklingadventures9929]

LOL!!! The two above me are 'tarded.😆

[@duraisupramani6333]

DURAi.s

[@duraisupramani6333]

WSWEss s

[@SpaceMango]

That plane is Hugh Mungus

[@sbwgaming]

is that sexual harassment!

[@andyj7428]

And now you are pointing to your own body part!

[@mirabilis]

Mahkaite Humongous what??

[@Spiroku]

lol

[@SpaceMango]

Hugh... Mungus

[@Noodlyk18]

That's so cool, I know pilots have profiles and things to respect, but I wonder if the pilots flying at this airports and others like it sometimes put on a little show for people, like if it can be done safely by flying a little lower than usual.

[@snetmotnosrorb3946]

Is this some sort of local sport?

[@rygamer1716]

its just a beach.

[@maureenbaker9230]

Snetmot Nosrorb, being a St. Maartener I'll answer. No it's not a local sports, as the majority of us never did it. It's something the tourist find amazing. This is dangerous and not at all amusing.

[@Elucidator-]

Tourists often do it there apparantly. There was even a famous court case about it before the Dutch Supreme Court, regarding liability for tort damages arising from someone being thrown on the rocks there at the beach after voluntarily seeking the danger those aircraft pose.

[@ankushshetty]

Maureen Baker of course it is dangerous. What if some sharp objects Pierce your body. People are crazy

[@MrJamberee]

Yes. And it is dangerous.

[@sterjs]

Holding on to that chain linked fence and screaming, while the jet exhaust tries to disintegrate my body is a cool way to replicate that scene from T2 Judgement Day.

[@lilpuro2152]

sterjs Jet exhaust can’t Disintegrate anyone, you’ll get severely burned if the engine was running for some time but It wouldn’t harm them since the jet was just turned on an the engine was still relatively cool.

[@uzoegbeogu9617]

Lmao...good one!

[@Dabeliiuteef]

Must have been a blast for the pilots lol

[@georgia-mn7hl]

Haha!!!

[@star.light.ls.]

Dabeliiuteef LMAO

[@Spaethon]

Pilots usually wave at the tourists too.

[@hcpttt]

i bet there where blown away haha

[@rosofficesolutionsinc1572]

Human Beings can be peculiar creatures

[@mjcart]

How did you like St. Maarten? I was blown away!

[@SL-yt8jd]

🤣

[@5thGenNativeTexan]

They did this for years and years. Was there right at this spot in '95. Not sure if they still do, but they would literally post the departure and arrival times on a sign nearby so you could watch the landings (very impressive as they go soooo low) and the takeoffs. Most all the jets produced a decent blast, but of course the real thrill was watching the 747 takeoff. Unfortunately, the last 747 flight was in October of 2016, and you can't see one landing or taking off there anymore. But it's still an amazing place to watch any plane land.

[@trawlins396]

They definitely still do it.

[@rampar77]

I am sure the 777 with the largest engines has the stringer blast.

[@5thGenNativeTexan]

@@rampar77 Technically speaking.. yes.. if you were right behind one of the engines. But there a couple of differences. First, the 777 operates differently at St. Maarten. The 747 would hold position right at the end of the runway, spooling up all four engines blasting right at the fence. The 777 only has two engines, but more importantly for this situation, they don't hold and spool up.. they begin their roll, adding power and then taking off, so that by the time they are completely spooled up, they are already some distance down the runway.

[@billhosko7723]

@@rampar77 Another KAREN is 'pretty sure' folks.. That's ALL we need to know right there...

[@stephb1182]

​@@trawlins396I was there 2 days ago (so much fun!) and I didn't see any sign but some people were checking online for the arrival times

[@zjones9876]

That's how people behind me feel after I've eaten Taco Bell.

[@NeuGemi]

Z Jones Lmao

[@mbh9522]

Stfu you taco muncher

[@flowergirl8815]

ok who farted haha

[@user2C47]

A fart cannot emit that amount of gas at that speed.

[@DarthCookieKS]

Alex Jamieson yes it can. As an AP Physics and AP Physiology student, a single fart can be powerful enough to change the direction of the Earth's spin if one tries hard enough.

[@Julian-ns3it]

This video blew me away.

[@nightmzr]

🤔

[@Aviationfan2022]

@@nightmzr bruh the sand is blown people away by the 747 400. U don't get the joke do u

[@nightmzr]

@@Aviationfan2022 I understand stood in take a joke

[@lynetteowens7242]

Was it a bird? Was it a plane?, No it was Julian Innes🤣🤣

[@Julian-ns3it]

@@lynetteowens7242 yes I was in the air

[@sandrastevens4418]

It's a miracle at all that planes this large can Land and Take off from an island as small as St Maarten. People get blown away because they watch the planes take of right by the fence.

[@gardenstatr07]

"people get blown away because they watch the planes take off right by the fence" thanks for clearing that up Sandra. I never would've known that after watching this video...

[@kevinstill1069]

KLM does not fly a 747 in there anymore. Reason is the plane is too heavy with loaded fuel tanks to take off. The runway is not long enough. When the 747 took off it had 1/2 full tanks and they flew to another island to refuel to make it back to Europe. KLM now uses a more fuel efficient Airbus to fly in and out. It can take off from that runway fully loaded and can go non-stop back to Europe. But it does not change the fact that it is very foolish to stand that close to jet blast. I read a few people die each year doing that. Very foolish.

[@justpat1420]

@@gardenstatr07 When you think you are funny:

[@str1xt]

@@justpat1420 I laughed, so mission accomplished.

[@str1xt]

@@kevinstill1069 They are literally on the fecking beach??? where else are they going to stand? The plane is too close to them, not the other way round. Are you married to Sandra?

[@carolyns99]

Veteran captain to rookie co-pilot: "10 points each for the big ones and 5 for the littluns. My top score is 560."

[@skifa2282]

Stop it😭

[@anavocado124]

LOL

[@Kl3mo]

🤣🤣🤣 wicked

[@pouchok8657]

You're the god of comments. Thank you X)

[@mattthambirajahpt286]

Lmao!!!!

[@fuertefarmer5583]

Just when you think that you just have the best closeup view of a beautiful 747 takeoff

[@Susan_R]

Well, they did... until the sand hit their eyes.

[@mtumblin]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@mrchicken8170]

Father blessed them all with free will, and this is what they choose.

[@joshuab2437]

Lmao haha

[@damusicman.3196]

MR Chicken ~ Haha! ... they lookalike a bunch of ants blown-away, just so funny! Lol! 💨.😂.👍

[@blossom-of4hm]

😂😂😂😂

[@kitesurfer4736]

Ahh Tool 🤘

[@matthewalan458F]

Can you still do this today or do they have it blocked off when an aircraft takes off.?

[@oregonnich]

I reckon that's a good spot to do some metal detecting.

[@tjwag]

I snorkeled there one day and found a MasterCard.

[@jasonmiller2920]

@@tjwag 😏💎😎.

[@gtmddn]

A million miles of beach on this planet and they pick that section to vacation

[@malcolmcanning548]

Plane

[@shallnotbenamed814]

It was Worth it

[@damusicman.3196]

... sandblasted! ready for paint! 😁 ... 👋

[@BeadsbyNicole]

G MADD1 Never been to St. Maarten? You should go....

[@lilpuro2152]

G MADD1 that’s a popular spot you know

[@TheDepressedMemeCat]

Talk about a mind *blowing* experience

[@whodis715]

Akshay L that joke blew Or it just flew over my head

[@keithjones6599]

Fj panel van

[@rubnez]

BUD UM SSS

[@williampercival7662]

Good job pliots blow everyone into the water.

[@thomasfletcher4765]

They all had a BLAST !!!

[@LV2UXO77]

In 2017, a woman was killed after a blast from the jet that was taking off. The police have countless reports of severe injuries caused by the jet's blast. Many tourists from around the world go to St Maateen to watch the Jets take off, and a young girl was blown into a concrete wall from the blast. Regardless of the warning signs, people still take a risk to stand behind the jet as it takes off.

[@flyboy152]

Hey, people still run with the bulls every year.

[@simontills7090]

It's still amazing to me how those JT4D engines can pick that huge thing up off the ground.

[@dragonskiss86]

All of KLM's 747-400s are powered by the GE CF6 engines, not JT4Ds.

[@grahamjordan1040]

@M H not partly a result of forward movement that’s the only thing that creates the lift, it’s all to do with forward movement

[@lunam7249]

55000 pounds of thrust x 4!!!

[@yellowNred]

It’s not engines that provide the lift. Then, what creates the lift? *How does the Bernoulli principle relate to flight?* Air moving over the curved upper surface of the wing will travel faster and thus produce less pressure than the slower air moving across the flatter underside of the wing. This difference in pressure creates lift which is a force of flight that is caused by the imbalance of high and low pressures.

[@cyberwess-007]

My eyes are hurting just the thought of sand in my eyes 😂

[@turolretar]

It’s rough and course and it gets everywhere

[@williampercival7662]

Time to visit Spec's.

[@williampercival7662]

@Gerry Page To blow everyone into the water.

[@williampercival7662]

@@turolretar time to visit Spec's.

[@MsTinkerbelle87]

Goggles!!

[@captainbubbysislandtours4887]

I’ve been there and done this! It’s amazing! Our driver said when he was a kid that they used to let them hold on to the fence and when the jet took off they would ‘fly’ like Superman. 😂😂

[@antarcticorb9197]

Lived there for a bit back in the early seventies, nothing like getting sandblasted by these monsters!

[@ninaw3748]

Yes, I lived there in 2004 / 2005 / 2006 and I saw (grown up) people do that; holding the fence with their hands while their feet were in the air 😂 looked like fun

[@whoeverwhoever400]

do they refill sand over there? how is there still sand over there when planes blast it every day?

[@geoffreyherrick9900]

Who wants to get sandblasted?

[@jsims6467]

Take a coat of skin off

[@waljahras9813]

New age Dermabrasion

[@mortalkombatfanclub6824]

Jon jones

[@DonnieDarko1]

@@waljahras9813 😋

[@vinaybhaskarchandratre7762]

Hot sand blast ! Severe burns will lead to death

[@christrudell7966]

Co pilot"Thrusters up?" Pilot:" Oh yeah..."🤣

[@rogerioaraujo5001]

Is this Boeing made from the Netherlands?

[@sigmann66]

Dude, I was so blown away by my last trip. It was a total blast.

[@thhomasmarks]

@YR - You seem a bit short winded ....maybe a fresh breeze or blast off the pipe would better fill your sails

[@jay-hv6mc]

Should they not be burnt by temptation of exhaust? Also danger from the burnt fuel from exhaust?

[@_kshitijsingh.1799]

I want my car to start like that every morning 🔥👌😂

[@marcazim4326]

And get your neighbors blown away 🤣🤣🤣

[@cornfilledscreamer614]

Notice how the pilot actually rode the brakes for a few seconds. He knew what he was doing. :D

[@J38x729]

They could have been doing it to take less runway. they definitely knew tho 😂

[@rafstj9868]

Yea...the pilot knows the guest waiting to get blow off there feet😂🤣😂🤣😂🤟🏿🇸🇽

[@sategllib2191]

Think they have to, gotta get thrust built up

[@cornfilledscreamer614]

@@sategllib2191 That's usually with older jets. The compressor were heavier, so it took them longer to get them revved up.

[@jclay6680]

Hi doc I got an issue. (what seems to be the problem) yeah my eye it really hurts (what were you doing) while I was standing on the beach behind a jet, some sand hit me in the eye .

[@zackmunson4206]

I’ve experienced the KLM 747 flight from that airport and gooooooood loooooooord does that engine throw sand!! There’s a small cliff on the beach and I was flung off it when the pilot hit the engines as I was running away. Super fun experience. I recommend all aviation enthusiasts visit Maho Beach and Princess Julianna Airport. Truly an unreal experience.

[@this_too_shaII_pass]

Holy fucking shit that is one big plane

[@Natteboss]

That's what she said

[@this_too_shaII_pass]

Lol why would she say "plane"? If I had said "Holy shit that is big" That would have been a lot better

[@Natteboss]

cat intensifies well a plane is kinda strechted like a penis (I know I spelt that wrong)

[@this_too_shaII_pass]

Hahahah I guess that's true lol

[@CentauriGaming]

The 747 babyyyyy

[@HiThere-mb6pp]

Yep we're all still kids inside 😂

[@pilotahmed4579]

Srsly they were all acting immature and stupid just doing that lmao

[@bradleymcwilliams6348]

One of the best videos of this place I've seen. Thanks for posting

[@alyssabrown-washington5361]

YES!! Sand blowing in your 👀 at over 300 mph...BEST VACATION EVER!

[@sseg.369]

😅🤣😂

[@rogerioaraujo5001]

Is this Boeing made from the Netherlands?

[@switch12345678]

@@rogerioaraujo5001 Boeing is US

[@rogerioaraujo5001]

@@switch12345678 American origin? hey, I didn't know. It is too beautiful. 😆😆😆👏👍

[@pacmantravel2158]

@@rogerioaraujo5001 Yes, Boeing is an American manufacturer. Airbus is from Europe - they get their wings from Spain, fuselage (body) and electronics from Germany, and all pieces are assembled in France.

[@johncornishlandrut]

When ryan air takes off the beach fools have to pay extra to stand there.

[@melissalouise11795]

John Cornish STOP 😂😂😂😂

[@joeberow1391]

"If you would like the Jet Blast addition to your flight at the terminal just pay £60...."

[@dickiedonnelly4223]

Lol 😀 made my day

[@trojan-david]

Yes right damn Ryan air I'll never fly their airline again literally everything you have to pay

[@slavasandsglam]

This is the best place ever!! This year im going to visit it with the only purpose, to go to this beach and to be blown away, as far as possible🤣

[@paulfrombrooklyn5409]

You do know that a woman was killed in 2017 by the jet blast. She was hanging on to the fence but the jet blast was too much for her. She lost her grip and was blown away. She hit a cement barrier and died.

[@JoNoSay]

For anyone wondering "technical" you are not supposed to do this but people still do it Anyway there are warning sign all over telling you not to. Airport has been running like this since 1943 and only in 2017 one woman died well standing on a concert division barricade. They reason the can't close this area off its because people live the other side there is only one road to get there

[@DafyddPhillips]

The mother of all 👌

[@loveplane737]

just imagine with antonov though..

[@kayceadair]

@@loveplane737 RIP the An-225

[@spencerly71]

I did it. I’ve hung on to that fence while a 747 took off. Never again will I do it either, seemed like a good idea at the time.

[@Sfaknak]

Why wouldn't you do it again?

[@damusicman.3196]

... what a lesson with that 💨

[@lavaboatcubesupportsukrain7539]

Why did it seem like a good idea in the first place?

[@atkpw1108]

...Been there, done that...a fun experience... **Warning, at this same beach , a friend and I went to the restroom. It was very secluded...the lights were off. We didn't go in...the lights came on later, so we went in, and a local (female) came in with a huge sharp knife. She stood in the middle of room with the knife in her hand as though she was going slice us...she didn't say anything. She just looked at both of us...and then she left. I thank God for his mercy 🙏🏾 I don't like going to islands anymore....be careful when traveling🙏🏾

[@prinsreintje]

What has it to do with islands?

[@bandil2553]

That escalated quickly

[@Yassified3425]

Why doesn't the airport have Jet blast walls?

[@desertbreeze69]

Is this where the saying, ‘I was blown away..’ came from😂

[@Light-cy1gp]

😂who knows

[@FRIZZ420691337]

they forgot to turn on airplane mode on their phones

[@doranjaffas9645]

I can just imagine God speaking with Jesus and the Holy Spirit and saying are you "absolutely sure we gave them brain matter?"

[@BernardBethea6339]

Well God gave us all brains but some of us are just too stupid to use it

[@losif4957]

@@BernardBethea6339 they are just late with the evolution lol

[@Adrianadrian173]

laurencefisher1 Someone failed science class ...

[@1r969]

Seems fun

[@Anna-ym5mh]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@dp-ub2vb]

You know those engines are powerful and hot. Get out of the way already people!

[@arpitsharma8426]

1:21 I'm laughing to my stomach....🤣🤣how many of you feel same???

[@unknownentity835]

I also 😂😂

[@v9988r]

I laughed when. I see them swept to the sand and to the beach. It's kind of funny

[@Ecclectic_Vibes]

I did this. I wanted to experience the flight and beach. Incredible experience. Loved the Island!

[@jaanvisadarangani4078]

I live there no jokes That Airport is called princess julliana airport in maho by sunset beach bar

[@PurfectHank]

Fun fact: when klm retired the 747 they sold that same exact aircraft to corendon and when corendon retired it, they made a hotel and put the 747 at the front of the hotel! Please like!

[@spottingvideos]

Correct! It now has a Corendon livery and can be visited in Amsterdam.

[@PurfectHank]

@@spottingvideos omg thanks for commenting!!!

[@YellowKurt]

And the pilot said “catch me if ya can, suckas” was the headline that evening

[@richardk7070]

Lol

[@nicoleanene8550]

Did he really say that

[@soyousaidyouwanttoblankher1534]

Legend has it that human evolution occurs on that beach...

[@farhanb4914]

Lmfao

[@KaleidoscopeEffect]

People are stupid, they are told not to stand there! A woman just died because she was grabbing the fence and she fell and her head hit the paviment...

[@Cocatjolins7024]

i know but this funny to do

[@vacciniumaugustifolium1420]

KaleidoscopeEffect natural selection ; )

[@brendanh8978]

There are signs to stay off the fence. They don't stop you from getting behind the plane on the beach though. I did it when an, I think, MD80 was taking off. Stung a bit, but I just crouched down and waited it out. Bunch of stuff and people got blown back into the water but no one was hurt, and everyone was laughing. It was a good time, and an experience I am glad I get to say I had.

[@gerketeitsma4912]

What a power, 2 times as a passenger in KLM 747 and other aircraft, but 747 is the most beautiful aircraft there is for me. Also say the king of air. Top movie this.

[@EqlOpper2Nity]

How does beach have any sand left?

[@spottingvideos]

The ocean brings it back. :-) The beach was completely gone after the hurricane but now it's back again.

[@rocafella142]

Lol... the tides put sand on the beach

[@nickiestarr]

Why would they put a beach next to flight takeoffs? 😐

[@anteeklund4159]

Nickie Starr the beach was there before the Airport runway

[@laurafradkoff660]

I’ve been there. Won’t do it again. Fumes are ridiculous and deafening sounds so close.

[@landontaylor3337]

Smart

[@scoutromantica9364]

Gg rip ears

[@laurafradkoff660]

No there is not another area of this beach that avoid the planes it’s part of the runway you can’t get away from it

[@Abdullah-cb4np]

Laura Fradkoff where is this located btw?

[@JJRicks]

@@Abdullah-cb4np St marten

[@AviationUnscriptedUK]

Amazing capture! May I include this clip in an upcoming episode? Full credit will be given in the video and description. Thank you.

[@bilalhasansyed7]

Isn't it burning hot air?

[@atifmir7409]

Why haven't the authorities sectioned that area off?

[@martintheiss743]

could be like at Gibraltar where runway is just 400 m from downtown. closed road, no land entry.

[@SinerAthin]

This is why you don't stand directly behind a jet liner, lol

[@PickerTWO]

SinerAthin tufih

[@pellevanaefst6542]

SinerAthin ik

[@edutaimentcartoys]

incredible... jet blast blowing people, amazing plane spotting video 👍

[@andrewdacosta3960]

The cockpit design of the 747 is stunning. The glass panels are so classic

[@thhomasmarks]

@Andrew Da Costa Looks like a real nice cock pit to be into about now.