A jet blast deflector or blast fence is a safety device that redirects the high energy exhaust from a jet engine to prevent damage and injury. The structure must be strong enough to withstand heat and
A typical blast fence at an airport
An airman services a jet blast deflector (JBD) before flight operations aboard an aircraft carrier
A Sukhoi Su-33 preparing for take-off on the Russian aircraft carrier Admiral Kuznetsov, with the jet blast deflector deployed
In 2003 aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72), a jet blast deflector is raised hydraulically to protect an F/A-18 Hornet from the exhaust of another
Air Moorea Flight 1121 was a de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter which crashed into the ocean shortly after takeoff from Moorea Airport on Moorea Island in French Polynesia on 9 August 2007 killing a
Jet blast deflector
…Etihad Airways A340-600 F-WWCJ accident—a jet accident within a ground run-up enclosure Air Moorea Flight 1121—accident caused in part by the lack of a jet blast barrier Death at Princess Juliana International Airport in 2017…
F-OIQI, the aircraft involved in the accident, pictured in March 2007