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JetBlue Passengers Watched Ordeal on TVs
Letting customers watch TV at their seats has been a JetBlue calling card since the airline took flight in 1999.
But the frill made for a bizarre experience as passengers aboard an airliner with a crippled nose wheel watched news reports about their own flight even as they prepared for an emergency landing.
Some of those aboard Flight 292, which landed safely Wednesday at Los Angeles International Airport, said later that they appreciated seeing news reports on what was happening. Others were horrified.
"It was absolutely terrifying, actually. Seeing the events broadcast made it completely surreal and detached me from the event," said Zachary Mastoon, a musician heading home on the Burbank-to-New York flight. "It became this television show I was inextricably linked to. It was no longer my situation, it was broadcast for everyone to see. It only exacerbated the situation and my fear."
FYI - The plane landed and everyone is OK!!!
check out the article for more interesting information...
Letting customers watch TV at their seats has been a JetBlue calling card since the airline took flight in 1999.
But the frill made for a bizarre experience as passengers aboard an airliner with a crippled nose wheel watched news reports about their own flight even as they prepared for an emergency landing.
Some of those aboard Flight 292, which landed safely Wednesday at Los Angeles International Airport, said later that they appreciated seeing news reports on what was happening. Others were horrified.
"It was absolutely terrifying, actually. Seeing the events broadcast made it completely surreal and detached me from the event," said Zachary Mastoon, a musician heading home on the Burbank-to-New York flight. "It became this television show I was inextricably linked to. It was no longer my situation, it was broadcast for everyone to see. It only exacerbated the situation and my fear."
FYI - The plane landed and everyone is OK!!!
check out the article for more interesting information...
posted by Shawn at 4:47 PM
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By the way - the article says something about passengers on JetBlue on Sept. 11 were able to watch the horror happening in NYC - and were able to see it out of their windows when they were in NY!
fascinating.. and horrible in a way. What if it had crashed? What are the adverse effects of knowing too much? I read elsewhere people broke out cellphones and were calling loved ones in case they died.
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