Ambulance damaged by
jet blast outside PJIA
PHILIPSBURG--An emergency vehicle of St. Maarten Emergency Services EMS suffered damage to one of its front doors and glass windows on Monday from the jet blast of a departing aircraft at Princess Juliana International Airport.
According to reports, the ambulance had just come from the Beacon Hill area where it had responded to an emergency and was transporting a patient to St. Maarten Medical Center when the incident occurred.
Head of Ambulatory Care Cylred Richardson told The Daily Herald Tuesday that thankfully the nurse who normally occupies front passenger seat had been sitting at the back with the patient administering medical care when the incident occurred.
He said no one had been injured and the ambulance had been able to complete its emergency trip to the hospital. Regarding repairs to the vehicle, Richardson said that would have to be handled via the department’s insurance company, as the vehicles were comprehensively insured.
Richardson said he was surprised that so many people were still being allowed to stand deliberately in the path of the jet blast that came from departing aircraft, as if it were a sport, considering the damage caused to the vehicle.
