NEWARK (VINnews) — A group of passengers pleaded to be allowed off a plane before takeoff, afraid for their lives, but JetBlue airlines forced them to remain onboard.
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A frightening video shows passengers held “captive” on the plane in Newark – shouting that they were scared after several failed attempts to land at JFK Airport, due to bad weather.
The passengers were frantic. One man is seen pleading to get off the plane, which originated in Cancun and had been scheduled to land in Queens.
“My kids are panicking,” the man yells. “We gotta get off this plane. It’s dangerous! We tried to land four times already … we’re scared to fly, we wanna get off! I don’t want to go to jail but it’s not right,” he said.
“I don’t care about JFK — it’s our lives! People are sick back there, people are fainting, people are throwing up! A little respect for human beings!” the man continues. Other passengers expressed similar sentiments.
The NY Post quoted airline spokesman Derek Dombrowski who said that the flight was diverted to Newark Airport “due to weather” over JFK, but it needed to continue to JFK in order to process customs. He apologized for the “inconvenience” and added that the weather had cleared before the plane landed.
The airline reportedly offered passengers $50 in flight credits for the inconvenience.
Kidnapping charges for Jet Blue.
Jet Blue has become the worst airline in the USA.
Welcome to the USA & Masks.
What does customs have to do with it? Planes are diverted all the time. I don’t get it.
My heart goes out to the dad in the video. You can see how stressed he is and all the more so on behalf of his kids.
Much ado about nothing but head line is misleading.