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St. maarten is half dutch half french. the island is 34 square miles, so small you could fit 35 st. maartens inside rhode island. they have a super famous airport, the princess juliana international airport. it is famous because it sits so close to the beach that when planes fly in and out the wheels on the planes come down so low they practically scrape the sand. it's supposed to be wild to watch. they had to post a sign on the beach warning people not to get too close. jet blast can cause severe physical harm. this is what that famous airport used to look like in st.

The problem is it's so close it can be dangerous. and now it's turned deadly. it's a major tourist draw on the caribbean island of st. martin. tourists line up on the beach with only a chain link fence between them and an active runway at princes juliana international airport. the blast from the jet engines on passenger planes about to take off literally knock thrill seeking tourists off of their feet. on wednesday, the blast from one passenger plane sent a 57-year-old woman flying into the retaining wall, killing her. the police force of st. martin said in a statement the airport authorities ...

The caribbean and it has turned deadly. there is a 57-year-old woman who was killed after losing her grip on a fence. what happens here is there is a blast of an airplane that flies just feet above tourists' heads. this is what happened on wednesday. this is video from a similar incident. you can see how strong the jet blast is. this was in 2012 at the international airport in st. martin. you can see that woman was unable to hold on to the fence and flew off into a barricade. this woman in this video did recover from her injuries but authorities on the island say that they have now placed sign...

Losing her grip on this famous fence close to the end of a runway in st. maarten. authorities say she was there to feel the jet blast that can reach 100 miles an hour when these planes take off. >> the compulsion pushed her backwards, she tripped, fell and as a result of the impact, she was wounded fatally. >> reporter: a witness recording the desperate attempts to revive her. the islands beckons tourists with the sand so close. several people have been hurt over the years, including this similar incident in 2012, when a tourist was thrown into the same retaining wall. >> i think that sometime...

Think again. we reported last year from the caribbean island of st. martin where the airport runway is right next to the beach. watch the woman in the red top riding the jet blast of a jetblue airliner. she cannot hang on and off she goes head first into the curb. that had to hurt. we don't know the exact extent of her injuries. can you imagine that moment of impact for her? be careful. i know it's a thrill-seeker thing. you have to be careful. hope she's okay. >> painful to watch. and we're going to learn more today about another winner of the $656 million mega millions jackpot. this time i...