Spotter Struck By Plane, Expired In St. Barths

Yikes!!

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An American tourist taking photos of airplanes was struck and killed by a departing aircraft at the St. Barthelemy airport in Guadeloupe Wednesday. The photographer was reportedly standing on the beach area at the departure end of runway 10 when he was struck in the head by the landing gear of a Tropical Airlines plane which had rolled abnormally long during its takeoff. The 40 year old man was airlifted University hospital Point-with-Pitre/Abymes where he later died.

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Big ouch, guess you've gotta have quick reflexes for runway-end shooting :shock:

I'd be lying if I said I didn't expect this to happen at some point. St. Barts, Honduras and even SXM run very real risks of these kind of incidents.

I am extremely sorry to hear this.

Don't get me wrong, it's a terrible situation. But you have to admit, if he released the shutter even just a half seconds prior to getting hit, it'd be an awesome shot.