Kapal terbang melintas hanya 10 inci dari kepala di Pantai Maho, St Marteen, Caribbean

Bayangkan sebuah pesawat komersial seberat 200 tan terbang hanya beberapa inci dari kepala anda, dan mengeluarkan bunyi supersonik yang amat kuat daripada enjinnya yang bersaiz gergasi.

Semua ini hanya boleh dialami di sebuah pantai yang tenang dan cantik di Pantai Maho di pulau St Marteen milik negara Belanda di Caribbean.













Pendek kata, pantai Maho amat terkenal sebagai lokasi melihat kapal terbang yang sedang terbang dalam altitud amat rendah.

Kesemua pesawat itu sebenarnya mendarat di Lapangan Terbang Antarabangsa Princess Juliana yang laluan pendaratannya wajib melalui pantai Maho.

Pesawat yang hendak mendarat harus terbang serendah mungkin ke landasan no 10.

Ini kerana landasan itu hanya sepanjang 2,180 metres (7,152 kaki).

Atas sebab itulah pesawat sebesar Boeing 747-400 Jumbo Jet dan Airbus A330 perlu terbang pada ketinggian minimal yang hanya beberapa inci daripada pengunjung pantai Maho.

Aktiviti melihat pesawat mendarat amat popular di pantai Maho sehinggakan jadual ketibaan dan penerbangan pesawat dipamerkan di restoran dan bar di pantai ini.

Malahan perbualan antara juruterang pesawat dan menara kawalan, boleh didengar melalui alat pembesar suara yang dipasang di Sunset Beach Bar and Grill di pantai Maho.

Namun ada risiko bahaya yang terpaksa ditanggung pengunjung, antaranya risiko pengunjung boleh terhumban ke dalam laut kerana kuasa enjin jet daripada pesawat yang hendak terbang.



Apapun jika anda bercadang merasai pengalaman unik ini, maka berkunjunglah ke Pulau St Mateen, Caribbean.

Welcome to the Caribbean..

Maho Beach, St Marteen where gigantic planes flew inches from your head!!

Imagine a 200 ton commercial aircraft flying just inches from your head, emitting supersonic sounds from its massive jet engines..

And it all happened at a beautiful sandy beach.

The only place in the world to perfectly expericence that is none other than Maho beach located on the Dutch side of the island St. Maarten in the Caribbean.













In short, Maho Beach is world famous as a favorite and perfect location for plane spotters.

The Princess Juliana International Airport is just adjacent to the Maho beach.

Arriving aircraft must touch down as close as possible to the beginning of runway 10 due to the short runway length of 2,180 metres (7,152 feet).

As a result, aircrafts as big as Boeing 747-400 Jumbo Jet and Airbus A330 have to fly at minimal altitude on their final approach flying over the beach.

Due to the unique proximity of low flying airliners, the location is very popular with plane spotters.

Watching airliners pass over the beach is such a popular activity that daily arrivals and departures airline timetables are displayed on a board in most bars and restaurants on the beach, and the Sunset Beach Bar and Grill has a speaker on its outside deck that broadcasts the radio transmissions between pilots and the airport's control tower.

There is a danger of people standing on the beach being blown into the water because of the jet blast from aircraft taking off from runway 10. The local government warns that closely approaching and departing aircraft can "result in serious injury and/or death."



An additional fence has been added recently behind runway 10 to prevent irresponsible tourists from hanging on to the main fence surrounding the runway to be blasted by the jet flow.

Welcome to the Caribbean..