Last landing of the KLM Boeing 747 at Sint Maarten (SXM) 🛬😍

[@cupidstrukme1585]

The Queen of the skies never disappoints. She gave a great run through all those years to the people all over the world. She’s so iconic and be-loved. The whale was truly a plane so majestic that many will never forget her.

[@HEMI-MOMMA]

So great to see so many people wanting to see the dramatic landing of a truly dynastic plane such as the Boeing 747. The sky is empty without the Queen.

[@georgesealy4706]

That plane seemed to just float in the sky. It was beautiful to watch.

[@wendyb5528]

I never get tired of watching 747's taking off and landing...My father loved watching any jets but the 747 left him speechless. He used to call them "lumber wagons" and he was in awe at how easily they would get them off the ground with such ease!!!!

[@sequoiasemperviren3163]

The Sunset Beach Bar SXM has a live streaming web cam aimed at the beach right where the planes land. If you monitor their webcam and flightradar24 you can know when the planes are about to land. Really cool. Some planes come in very very low, especially the private jets and Sky High Airways Flight SHH972.

[@divox9pqr]

So beautiful....I remember when KLM briefly had 747-400 service to Baltimore Maryland's BWI Airport...I would watch them come and depart with total wonder and pride that they chose my city to initiate service direct to Amsterdam.

[@vickiewaller1570]

Absolutely beautiful place! Been there 2 times and watched planes land here!! Amazing! We love st. Marteen

[@MissBenjamin6010]

A standing ovation for a true beauty..

[@greylocks3272]

A few years ago we stood at that spot and take it from me, this 747 was quite high compared with some other landings. It felt as if you could reach out and touch the wheels when a really low one came in! Somebody said that the fences were actually clipped by the planes now and then!!! Take-offs were even wilder. Some folks were hanging onto the fence and being blown horizontal by the thrust from the engines. Fantastic! (I bet there's a video of that somewhere : I must look to see that again even if it will never be quite the same as being there).

[@claudiocorleone7856]

You have got to be kidding. I work ground crew and i could tell you first hand you could seriously get hurt when these engines at]re at maximum thrust.

[@foodlover2236]

The most beautiful plane ever in all its majestic glory. Thank you for sharing

[@bluemoonshoyana4580]

Ik heb in 1993 met de KLM 747 gevlogen naar Curacau prachtig was dat,dat zal ik nooit vergeten heb veel respect voor KLM piloten,en ander personeel.

[@stephenraatz2598]

I love this video and all my amazing memories of flying KLM’s 747’s over the years. Thanks for the great ride KLM!

[@garyallen1056]

The Boeing 747 is such a beautiful beast of graceful flight, in this age of identical looking twin engined jets. The 747 puts the hulking A380 to shame... I will miss the Queen of the Skies sooooo much, long live the 747!!!

[@swaggerific005]

Gary Allen So the 747 as whole is being grounded??

[@breeze979truckin3]

@@swaggerific005 no they still use them for cargo

[@marieliesbetwellekens2753]

I enjoyed very much !! and we replay several times ;) :) . It was nice to search for the very very little spot in the distance ....... and to follow it till the big KLM-bird passes by for the last time ! thank you for the very beautiful movie !

[@TakeNoteOfThat]

Majestic. Like the beautiful cars from the 50s - 70s, we’ve unfortunately lost this sense of grandeur

[@hughwatkin9950]

its a shame most 747s are being retired now, best bird ever to take to the skies

[@Cassie4486]

They aren't fuel efficient anymore compared to the dreamliner.

[@EvieAviation]

So sad Hugh, I miss seeing them flying around Heathrow

[@barrygreene7305]

I thought it was the 727

[@danielgolus4600]

They're not being retired for freight service - just passenger service.

[@San17_]

And the 757 are dying....

[@Nfarce]

Great video and thank you Maëva for capturing this historic aviation footage! Now for those interested, the 747 is not dead. The Queen lives on in 747-800F livery for air freight companies. I live in the north Atlanta suburbs and saw the last Delta -400 depart for the scrap yard a few years ago that my retired Delta captain uncle flew. All is not lost however as about three or four times a week I can hear a Cargolux -800F overhead at about 10,000 AGL departing to the north on climb thrust. You know the sound of a heavy and it never goes away. The 777 is a great aircraft which my uncle retired with, but there is no sound comparison to a four holer!

[@steven2212]

Start at the 5:20 mark, you'll avoid an eternity of boredom.

[@lisasanders9472]

Thank you

[@philfyphil]

And a lot of wind!

[@dc10fomin65]

For airplane/airline enthusiasts as myself it is not boredom but excitement and expectation!

[@chrmantilla]

That plane is so beautiful that even the sea was wearing KLM colours

[@aaronarshad3687]

Nothing compares to the iconic Aircraft

[@hendrikhardung1083]

Well described

[@aaronarshad3687]

@@hendrikhardung1083 I agree with you 100%

[@RobertSmith-iu3kc]

Get lost

[@aaronarshad3687]

@@RobertSmith-iu3kc nah don't think so mate

[@henkzaanstad2256]

Thanks for this movie... Greetings from Holland

[@JH-rr4bc]

Zo'n prachtig toestel uit de vaart halen zonde mooiste toestel ever ❤️

[@ShadowHawk4219]

A Magnificent Beast, truly an engineering marvel.

[@stylus2253]

The only time I went to St Martin was with my parents when I was about 11. We stayed at the Little Bay Beach Hotel and I loved looking through the window of the rafts at the angelfish. Our plane's engine caught fire coming from St Thomas or St Croix. I remember the flames, but my dad was a pilot for EAL so I wasn't scared and loved flying.

[@atanaslillestemintchev]

Beautiful video in all aspects. Thank you!👍

[@FLORIDALIFEFUN]

I have been there many times on that fence and at the sun set bar to see the 747 land and take off it was amazing !

[@gerketeitsma4912]

Great landing of KLM's legendary Boeing 747, this video is and will be rare

[@Alberto-xb5hg]

The A380...is a monster...but....The 747 is a BEAUTY.... never been there...thks for sharing...tears rolled over my eyes...

[@arnrjn6826]

One of the most beautiful moments in aviation :)

[@OhioGirl-bu2kv]

I cried and cried and cried. What an experience that these people will never forget. Wish I could have been there. The sexiest and most beautiful airplane ever built!! ✈✈✈✈✈✈✈✈

[@theresamyers352]

Perfect landing for a short runway I would never be that close to many things can go wrong

[@Namratiug]

Theresa Myers too

[@selfc154]

Guess you never were on an aircraft carrier

[@emmanuelstjuste4095]

Theresa Myersfrench speaking

[@snapperorgans3922]

Chris S yeah, the same can be said of just about everyone.

[@andrewhigdon8346]

Snapper Organs so then you go, “well I guess you’ve never landed at Tenzing-Hillary Airport in Nepal, huh?” Yeah. That’ll do it. And not to mention the plane is nearly as long as some older carrier decks, so THAT would be a great stunt for a finale. Land one on an aircraft carrier. Even if it’s (the deck) is modified lightly. That would be a sight to behold. If they could go out and find a really stable and strong headwind to sail into, the plane would have that much more air speed over the wings but less actual landspeed so it won’t require as much runway. Awesome.

[@sanaabegum]

Good flight. Came from Tanzania to New York City.

[@AJTheMetalSonic9496]

Long live the mighty 747. We a gonna miss you.

[@MLMLW]

The ocean is gorgeous!!!!

[@paulherlihy9290]

Has to be one of the great views of a landing anywhere. Fantastic!

[@Redhotlugnut]

Skip to 5:20 to save yourself 5 mins

[@LDougan30]

Thanks

[@matthewrossmann7000]

Thank you

[@edithdeguit1886]

Thank s

[@Peter-fm2vx]

Ok Wtf Minutes of beach

[@Hunting451]

Rode my first 747 to Japan in 1979. Long long flight. Nice 👍

[@Hattonbank]

Edit out the first five minutes!

[@medialcanthus9681]

Thank you.

[@taniarebello8601]

Seriously! That's right

[@linwangtochhu4116]

Thank you 🙏😄

[@die_moehre5658]

No, that's also cool to see. Just skip?

[@Blackcat12853]

fwd!!!!!!!!!! Stop complaining 😵‍💫😵‍💫😵‍💫

[@BrokebackBob]

Magnificent Queen of the Skies

[@josealejandroalvaradobotei8584]

Excelente video desde Chile abrazo me encanta los aviones 🇨🇱👍👍🤣

[@iloneclezar]

Me encanta Chile

[@piroskamerk106]

It Was very sad 😔 to watching a a last landing this beautiful Queen of the sky !!! Thank you for sharing even it was sad 😔 Love from Australia 🤗🤗

[@pedromejias4552]

The 747 still flying to other airports though =) I did see it live and it was amazing hopefully you did too Also from Australia 🐨

[@piroskamerk106]

Pedro Mejias You right 👍👍👍🤗

[@gporoi]

Even QANTAS still operates those aircrafts, right? For the record, “The Flying Kangaroo” is my third favorite airline, after Air Tahiti Nui and Air New Zealand. (I am Tahitian, now residing in Europe).

[@wydocdoc]

Curitiba na área. Ainda vou conhecer esse paraíso. Assistindo em maio de 2020.

[@nsloane5384]

The color of the water there is stunningly beautiful!!!

[@INDIGOBLUE555]

Notwithstanding the jet propelled aircrafts traffic it's still a beautiful site. Not so healthy possibly :-)

[@dylancurrier7363]

So sad that ill never be able to see the queen of the skies land in St.Marten in person. :(

[@shafiulbashar9632]

why brother?

[@aaronarshad3687]

It's obvious guys. The point of the video is last video of 747 in Saint Martin and Radiation Nuke is upset that he will never see a 747 in Saint Martin

[@malcolmburrows4005]

probatesearch.service.gov.uk/#wills

[@ohwell2790]

@@aaronarshad3687 Most of these will be converted to cargo and will still see them in the sky's for decades to come.

[@ryan-6876]

@@ohwell2790 unfortunately not true, a couple of weeks ago the pax fleet and px combi fleet of the klm 747 got retired, they will be sent into the desert to be scrapped

[@RuiPlaneSpotter]

Nice video!

[@ricksanchez9232]

So majestic on final approach!

[@flyer737sw]

This is the proper approach path to land at this airport. The low level approaches is just arrogant and very dangerous. Nice video!

[@flyer737sw]

Maëva Roquebert it's simply dangerous because you increase the chance of having greater sink rate at that low of an altitude with airspeed bleeding off. Landing on the chevrons and piano keys is completely unnecessary for a runway that is 7,100+ ft long.

[@ricardomudo8543]

flyer737sw no

[@anneb3492]

Allow me to give you my two cents. I witnessed an incident myself back in the 90s, when Air France was still operating the 747s in Saint Maarten. I was at the airport watching the 747 that was coming from Paris and that we would use later to go back to France, and the pilot missed the landing big time. The plane was flying so low that the tail hit the fence, we saw the flames and everything. Thankfully there was no further damage and the plane was able to land safely, but it got grounded for 3 days for repairs on the tail after the episode. I can tell you I was downright scared getting on that same plane after they fixed it, especially when some weird alarms went on mid-flight and the crew seemed to panic...Shortly after the incident, AF stopped using 747s in Juliana Airport.

[@darrylbernard8885]

Gary Wrong. Aerobus is selling fewer and fewer A380s,while Boeing's 747 sales have remained steady. The 747 is far more versatile simply due to the large number of variants available. Smaller versions,longer versions,passenger only versions,cargo only versions, combo versions,wide variety of engine choices. The 747s will still be flying after all the 380s are retired. The plane that is really selling right now is the 787. A gulf coast airline just bought 40 of them.

[@MauritsVeen]

Darryl Bernard lol the 747 is also dying

[@suzum.9713]

Passing by....what's the story behind this video? Why is the 747 not flying anymore?

[@matthewbryson2349]

Because it's old and expensive on fuel.

[@suzum.9713]

@@matthewbryson2349 Got it. Thanks, Matthew.

[@patriciabarkley735]

Exciting! I loved it!

[@lukebartlett4888]

Queen of the skies!!! So beautiful. Sad one day soon they will be very few and far between

[@windowsfan95]

Luke Bartlett very true, I have flown in a 747 and they are great planes :)

[@migs6674]

It's just becoming better with the 747-8

[@PurpleObscuration]

Air Force one will be around for a long time, the batch that obama ordered have yet to be delivered.

[@davidjames8613]

@@maevaroquebert6691 UPS Airlines still use 747s

[@reginathornton7433]

My family & I have been to Sint Maarten 3 times & we stood on the shores there watching the planes land at Julianna Airport. What a RUSH. (We called it Saint Martin.)

[@charlottevanderhooft9887]

Zo vaak gezien bij MulletBeach en de Sunset Beachbar steeds weer geweldig om te zien

[@Amarguinhu]

Vendo esse video novamente chega dar ate um arrepio quando ele passa sobre as pessoas "devargazinho". Só quem gosta muito da aviação sabe oq é esse sentimento

[@rufianmelancolic]

B747 the most beautiful plane...😍

[@mickboakes7023]

Great to see such a turnout on what must be a momentous occasion. Sad to see but I guess time marches on. Thanks for the video.🇬🇧

[@fallyakhoubaabdallah328]

(Rire). On dirait que tout le tourisme de Saint-Martin (Hollande) tourne autour de ça. Magnifique attérissage de ce 747 de la ''Royal Dutch/KLM''. Avec des spotters passionnés toujours à l'affût pour immortaliser ces moments.

[@markdahl3249]

The most beautiful airliner ever

[@luiiaco6246]

The water so beautiful

[@nigeldallas9054]

Impressive landing, can't beat the 747! So which jet do KLM use now to Sint Marteen?

[@ethansaviation2672]

I think they use the a330

[@treypohe4593]

Absolutely beautiful! 😍 Goodbye KLM 747, farewell! 🛫🛫🛫

[@daymonpancheri8846]

Definitely a bucket list item ✈️🌴

[@mard9313]

My beautiful...SXM island beautiful beaches & night life so many nice hotels and also so the french side marigo and delicious Caribbean food I miss my friendly island st.maarten st. Martin everyone loves to see how the planes is coming to Land on the airport so close to the Sea SXM...I love you 😘 God bless this beautiful Caribbean island❤️❤️🙌

[@garrettdodson6110]

Such a shame she has been retired from the skies and from such a magical airport

[@ohwell2790]

That is not she. That in case you missed it is an airplane and airplanes do not have gender.

[@swaggerific005]

Oh well The plane is referred to as the “Queen Of the Skies” smart ass.

[@michelineveran]

J'étais sur cette plage il y a quelques années. J'ai attendu toute l'après-midi pour le voir atterrir👍👍

[@nuthanyesh6191]

One of the best closeup landing

[@carolfreitag6847]

amazing!!! i would love to see it in person !!

[@RonoX_Editz7]

747 will never retire

[@sinnns3647]

Girl: *Cries Watching titanic* Boy: Its not even sad Girl: You don't know true sadness Boy:

[@milkyway4761]

7G 26 Raffi Ahmad ha

[@Sena-co1ug]

Make the girl relive 1912. Sort of a re-exploration of “true sadness”.

[@cristyamvico6146]

VERY BEAUTIFUL VIDEO!!❤

[@jackiebayliss]

Beautiful Queen of the Skies 💯♥️

[@andrewmiller4573]

I'm betting that the flight crew REALLY ENJOYED the crowd on this day?! Always wanted to experience, seeing this happen, but could never afford to go there.

[@robinlathim8221]

How beautiful, wish I could've been there!

[@miguelangelmorales7634]

Wow que dicha poder ver en vivo éste aterrizaje !!!!

[@cosmefarias421]

Linda 747-400 Azul! Eu também queria estar aí pra filmar!!✈️🛫🇧🇷

[@scottandrewhorne4655]

Looks beautiful there

[@christophercarr1331]

Absolutely fantastic

[@candicecassel1110]

747 KLM is the best to fly❤❤❤❤. LAX to Amsterdam was incredible❤❤❤❤

[@carlangelo7807]

What aircraft replaces the 747 of KLm?

[@keithlauderjr1691]

Cool Video! Historical

[@MrCraigblaze]

Thanks for the Upload 👍 !! Why is it the last time ?? XD

[@Carnivore1976]

Amazing 🤩

[@renatocaprez2293]

Beautiful BOEING B 747 💕

[@vincentpadovano7855]

Does that beach and bar even exist anymore after the hurricane?....

[@nadogrl]

Beautiful!

[@CaptainStevenMarkovich]

How cool👍👍. Subscribed

[@anonymike8280]

Last scheduled landing. It was a very short runway for the 747. The planes probably left with a light load of fuel. But then everybody probably leaves with a light load. Isn't that why you go there?

[@barbie.travels]

That was exciting! I fast forward to the landing! 😂

[@josealejandroalvaradobotei8584]

🤟😎😯🇨🇱 abrazo desde Chile excelente video

[@mattanderson6336]

What better place for a carnival atmosphere! The Queen of the Skies takes a last bow.

[@AlexSkyFlight]

Hello. What is the airport? What's the beach? Where can you see this?

[@jojoarienza1777]

I LIKE THE CROWD WATCHING 747 THE LAST LANDING HE BECOME FAMOUS IN THIS ISLAND 🏝️

[@ponnuchamysenrayan9416]

I love the landscape and klm

[@QuanNguyen-rm7pl]

Been here couple times... very nice place

[@adelebz7]

Stunning!

[@silhouettesilhouette2087]

There are things that show us the power of the human mind.

[@Blindmind122]

But human stay always on need to debelope or he desapear dear

[@brendadion7868]

I've flown into this airport...it's terrifying!

[@rubensalvesdasilvasalles2547]

Show! Show! Show! Show! Meu sonho é ver isso de perto. Um dia eu o farei.

[@cw1919]

Just curious why isnt KLM flying to St.Mart. anymore..?? Whoever took this ..That's some Beautiful Clarity..

[@rayyy1117]

beautiful plane, video n the people....

[@glereece7718]

ryfarach su

[@excelsian512]

@@maevaroquebert6691 Why do you thank him? You're not the one responsible for those factors. You should agree, not thank him.

[@sjoldtimer]

Interesting video. I don't believe most approaches are like this. Don't planes normally get into the landing pattern several miles offshore without flying a downwind and base before turning for final?

[@tituschinnadurai6191]

Wow! What a majestic landing... Thanks to Wright Brothers... 🙏