. >> reporter: this klm 747 weighs nearly 900,000 pounds and is headed straight for the beach. with a front row seat. mom captured the moment in this snapshot. best seat in the house. you'll never be able to do that in the u.s. >> reporter: but that's only half the thrill. literally. every flight that lands takes off and as these somewhat amusing signs warn, that's the real danger. >> we're ready to do it, baby. ha, ha. >> reporter: the massive engines on planes like this can produce winds of more than 100 miles an hour. >> we'll beat air france. >> got to hold on, though. >> free abrasion. we love it. >> reporter: the jet blast is celebrated with its own shot at the sunset bar. and some of the folks who get behind the engines seem to have had a few. see those young gentlemen hanging on the fence, one of them has our camera strapped to his chest. >> yay. >> reporter: on the one caribbean island where the most exhilarating part of your trip happens before you even leave the airport. i'm ryan owens for "nightline" in st. maarten. >> i don't know. doesn't look like much of a beach

. >> reporter: this klm 747 weighs nearly 900,000 pounds -- and is headed straight for the beach. >> do that in the u.s. >> we're ready to do it baby! >> reporter: the massive engines on planes like these can produce winds more than 100 miles an hour. >> we loved it. >> reporter: it may be the one caribbean island where the most exhilarating part of the trip happens before you leave the airport. >> thanks to ryan owens. and good for mason for finally getting there. that's the broadcast. diane will see you here tomorrow. shooting in dupont violence breaks out overnight at a restaurant club. police searched for the killer. plus, a fast-moving house fire child. life of a heroic efforts by firefighters. >>> a developing story from syracuse university -- a story about burning

. >> reporter: this klm 747 weighs nearly 900,000 pounds -- and is headed straight for the beach. >> do that in the u.s. >> we're ready to do it baby! >> reporter: the massive engines on planes like these can produce winds more than 100 miles an hour. >> we loved it. >> reporter: it may be the one caribbean island where the most exhilarating part of the trip happens before you leave the airport. >> thanks to ryan owens. and good for mason for finally getting there. that's the broadcast. diane will see you here tomorrow.

. >> reporter: this klm 747 weighs nearly 900,000 pounds -- and is headed straight for the beach. >>do that in the u.s. >> we're ready to do it, baby. >> reporter: the massive engines on planes like these can produce winds of more than 100 miles an hour. >> free dermabrasion. we loved it. >> reporter: it may be the one caribbean island where the most exhilarating part of the trip happens before you leave the airport. >> our thanks to ryan. and good for mason to finally get his parents to take him. diane sawyer right back here tomorrow night. good night. >>> good evening. >> police are looking for a suspect tonight who they believe intentionally ran over another man. just a few minutes ago police released this surveillance video of the suspect in the hit-and-run thanksgiving morning >> police have been combing video from nearby businesses. you can see the suspect in the white t-shirt. family and friend are holding vigil for the victim at san francisco general hospital. john alston is life tonight with the details. >> reporter: the bartal is surrounded by his mother, family members, fe

. >> klm is admitted terrorists and mastermind of 9/11. those determinations need to be made by the president and those who are in that hierarchy grid of authority. not everyone is waterboarded. it is an extraordinary technique. all i am is saying is that a president needs to have at present it -- that technique on the table. >> would you willingly submit to it to see what it was like? >> i think it would be absurd to have the president of the united states submit to waterboarding. there are those who do it so that they can talk about it and speak about it afterwards. let's look at the context. the united states of america was attacked in an act of war. we lost 3000 innocent americans. flight 93 went down over pennsylvania and innocent lives were lost. the pentagon had a plane flew into it and we lost hundreds of innocent lives there. i think it is ugly. as president of united states and as commander at -- commander in chief, i will do what i have to do to keep america safe. we are probably less safe than we were when president obama came