A 57-year-old New Zealand woman died after being hit by a jet blast from a departing Boeing 737 at Princess Juliana International Airport in Sint Maarten, having been holding onto an airport fence.

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 ...

ST. MAARTEN (CNN)-- A tourist from New Zealand was killed by the blast of a plane at an airport in the Dutch Caribbean island of St. Maarten. The 57-year-old woman, who was not identified, was hanging ...