The 57-year-old New Zealand woman was reportedly holding onto a fence to feel the blast of a jumbo jet in St. Maarten. A famous Caribbean beach known worldwide for its uncomfortable proximity to the ...

A plane flies into St. Maarten's Princess Juliana Airport. A tourist was killed there this week while "fence surfing" a departing plane's jet blast. Shutterstock It’s not just a bunch of hot air. Jet ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Caribbean beach is right next to an airport A New Zealand woman died Wednesday after being hit with an airplane’s jet blast at ...

PHILIPSBURG, St. Maarten -- A New Zealand tourist was killed by the blast from a jetliner taking off at a seaside airport in the Dutch Caribbean territory of St. Maarten, officials said Thursday. The ...