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Landing the plane on the shortest runway in the world (VIDEO)

2022-07-09 15:02:30Lifestyle SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX

 

Landing the plane on the shortest runway in the world (VIDEO)
Landing the plane on the shortest runway in the world

 

Flying to Saba is not advised for the faint of heart, who may choose the ferry as a safer means of transport. The dizzying slopes and cliffs sticking out into the sea do not leave much space to land the plane on the island located in the Caribbean, with an area of ​​only 13 square kilometers.

But the locals have managed to make this possible, building a runway of only 400 meters in length, at their "Juancho E. Yrausquin" airport. The adventure is so exciting that after you set foot on the ground, in the souvenir shop you can even buy a t-shirt with the inscription "I survived the descent to Saba!".

Landing the plane on the shortest runway in the world (VIDEO)

The island is officially part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, but it is located in the middle of the Caribbean, near paradises like Puerto Rico or the Dominican Republic.

The final journey to the island takes 15 minutes, from Saint Maarten. The DHC-6 model aircraft, with 19 seats, is operated only by an elite group of pilots, specially trained for this runway. Veteran aviator, Roger Hodge, is the man who trained all the new pilots. "Once the cadets complete the training and we're happy with it, we send it flying and say another Top Gun was born," he tells CNN. "Flying is undoubtedly dangerous, but when you know what to do, things seem calm and safe."


Since the tickets are unnumbered, passengers on the plane rush to take the first seat, so that they can see the journey even better.

Landing the plane on the shortest runway in the world (VIDEO)

The first airplane landing on Saba was made in 1959, by ambitious pilot Remy de Haenen, from the neighboring island of St. Barthélemy. Many islands in the Caribbean had managed to build airstrips during World War II, but on Saba the terrain didn't leave much room. Everyone still remembers the landing of the Dornier Do-27 on February 9, 1959. "Everybody came together, it was amazing," James Franklin Johnson, a tour guide who was only 8 years old at the time, told CNN. "Saba came out of isolation when that plane landed on the island."

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