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Friday, October 9, 2015

Aircraft landing and ... tourists swimming

Here, at a distance almost every day, also the scene of a great plane landed as between beaches.
Princess Juliana International Airport (PJIA) was named after Queen Juliana of Netherlands origin (when she was a princess), on the island of Saint Martin (Philipsburg) Caribbean. 

Not only is the largest airport in the region St. Martin and the neighboring islands, Princess Juliana was dubbed the airport "bustle" in the region Monday after Luis Munoz airport in San Juan, Puerto Rico.

The airport has the most rugged terrain world: Civil police Maho Beach - the place is always crowded thousands of visitors to the beach each day. Princess Juliana Airport and only a short routes again, should the flight to land the lowest possible altitude before landing.


Here, at a distance almost every day, also the scene of a great plane landed as between beaches. Because the distance between the airport and the beach is just a ... fence. Even individual with curious passengers to airports close to see, with jet engine blew at the airport fence to the beach.

In the past, that occurred two serious accidents at the airport. Instead of landing runway, the pilot was flying the plane landed in sand in 1970 and responded directly into the sea in 1972, causing 33 deaths.

Despite such dangers, but the airport is quite busy, by Saint Martin Island is one of the most beautiful tourist destinations in the world, attracting visitors for nearly 2 million people / nam.Princess Juliana started as a pitch military aircraft in 1942 and was converted to a civil airport in 1943.

This is central to our business and Windward Islands Airways is the main gateway to the smaller islands such as Anguilla, Saba, St. Barthélemy and St. Eustatius.Hiep Association International Air Transport (IATA) predicted demand for travel to the Caribbean will grow at an annual rate of 4.3% in the next 10 years, leading to the need to travel by road Airline to Princess Juliana International Airport is huge
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