A tourist has been severely injured after being thrown to the ground by the force of a plane engine. A 52-year-old Italian woman sustained severe injuries at Greece's Skiathos International Airport after being hurled to the ground by the powerful blast from a departing aircraft's engines. The tourist had been standing behind a passenger plane as it prepared for takeoff when the force of the jet engines sent her crashing to the tarmac near the airport's perimeter fence. A tourist has been severely injured after being thrown to the ground by the force of a plane engine | GETTYAccording to local officials, the woman had been positioned near the fence marking the airport's perimeter when the plane began its departure. Warning signs have since been erected around the airport's perimeter to alert visitors to the dangers of standing too close to aircraft during takeoff.