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A Ukrainian acrobatic duo has been criticised for posing underneath a low-flying aircraft at a Caribbean beach where a Kiwi tourist was killed.
Yuliia Nos, 25, did a one-handed handstand on the head of her partner, Oleg Kolisnichenko, on Maho Beach on the Caribbean island of St Maarten-St Martin asa cargo plane passed right overhead.
It seems that she was just mere feet away from the plane's wheels as it came into land at the adjacent Princess Juliana International Airport, MailOnline Travel reports.
Maho Beach is one of the world's best plane-spotting locations. Photo / 123RF
The pair live in Kiev and have been working together since August 2015.
Maho Beach is one of the world's best plane-spotting locations, with thousands of brave holidaymakers flocking there every day to stand directly under the flight path as jets buzz overhead.
The blast from the engines of passing planes has been known to blow beachgoers' hats off their heads and pelt them with sand and other debris.
In 2017, Gayleen McEwan, a tourist from Blenheim, died after hitting her head when she was knocked over by the blast of a jetliner taking off at the beach, while enjoying a holiday with her husband and two Kiwi friends.
Signs warn visitors that jet blast from arriving and departing planes can cause serious injury or even death.
A sign at Maho beach warns visitors that jet blast from arriving and departing planes can cause serious injury or even death. Photo / 123RF
Thrillseekers have been known to hold onto a chain-link fence when a jet is preparing for take-off so they are blasted by the engines and lifted off the ground.
Princess Juliana, located on the Dutch side of the island (the other half is a French overseas collectivity), is the second-busiest airport in the eastern Caribbean region.
Its runway is less than half the length of those found at many international airports.
It was previously named one of the world's most dangerous airports by the History Channel programme Most Extreme Airports.
