JetBlue passengers revolt after 4 failed landing attempts, beg to get off at Newark - hostage for hours

I'm happy I grew up in the 70s when stewardesses looked like this. You millennials have screwed things up for yourselves

Then I stand corrected. I suppose what theyre saying is the entire ordeal took 7 hours.

I suppose the argument at that point is they shouldnt have attempted 4 landings at an airport that had questionable landing conditions.

Perhaps they shouldve just landed at Newark to begin with and informed the passengers they couldn't make it to JFK.

Suppose my point is that by the time we landed at Newark I would've been beyond irate and wouldve done anything to get off.

You've failed not once, not twice, not three times, but FOUR times to land the plane at JFK and now youre telling me I should sit here for an hour - let you take off AGAIN - and make a 5th attempt cause the weather will be nicer?

It's an 1hr and 15min drive. I get that it's an inconvenience but the airline screwed this up. However you want to spin it someone somewhere made a big mistake. Either the pilot had business flying the plane or making the initial calls to land or they made an mistake not letting them off at Newark.

Altogether though I don't care...this is another wonderful example of why I won't fly ever again.

IMO the pilot was smuggling something (drugs) and needed to Gate and unload at JFK where he could get away with it.

its a plane, you see many don't live in reality. flying aircraft dont take off or land in a cross wind, you can try.
i dont fly.

Chaos erupted on a JetBlue flight when passengers diverted due to weather were told they would be flying back to their original destination instead of being allowed to deplane. The passengers were headed to JFK International Airport from Cancun in stormy weather when the pilots had to abort the landing four times. The flight tracker shows the wild path it took over New York City before giving up and diverting to Newark Liberty International Airport in New Jersey. The two airports are 33 miles apart.

“We gotta get off this plane, It’s dangerous. We tried to land four times already. It’s dangerous. We’re scared to fly. We want to get off.”




[link to youtu.be (secure)]

Chaos erupted on a JetBlue flight when passengers diverted due to weather were told they would be flying back to their original destination instead of being allowed to deplane. The passengers were headed to JFK International Airport from Cancun in stormy weather when the pilots had to abort the landing four times. The flight tracker shows the wild path it took over New York City before giving up and diverting to Newark Liberty International Airport in New Jersey. The two airports are 33 miles apart.

“We gotta get off this plane, It’s dangerous. We tried to land four times already. It’s dangerous. We’re scared to fly. We want to get off.”




[link to youtu.be (secure)]

7 hours on the plane according to the news story.

Chaos erupted on a JetBlue flight when passengers diverted due to weather were told they would be flying back to their original destination instead of being allowed to deplane. The passengers were headed to JFK International Airport from Cancun in stormy weather when the pilots had to abort the landing four times. The flight tracker shows the wild path it took over New York City before giving up and diverting to Newark Liberty International Airport in New Jersey. The two airports are 33 miles apart.

“We gotta get off this plane, It’s dangerous. We tried to land four times already. It’s dangerous. We’re scared to fly. We want to get off.”




[link to youtu.be (secure)]

Chaos erupted on a JetBlue flight when passengers diverted due to weather were told they would be flying back to their original destination instead of being allowed to deplane. The passengers were headed to JFK International Airport from Cancun in stormy weather when the pilots had to abort the landing four times. The flight tracker shows the wild path it took over New York City before giving up and diverting to Newark Liberty International Airport in New Jersey. The two airports are 33 miles apart.

“We gotta get off this plane, It’s dangerous. We tried to land four times already. It’s dangerous. We’re scared to fly. We want to get off.”




[link to youtu.be (secure)]

They were supposed to land at JFK. They made 4 attempts but the pilots decided it was too dangerous so they landed at the Newark Airport in Jersey.

Instead of just letting them off in Newark they made them sit on the plane for 7hours so they could takeoff from Newark and Land at JFK like they were supposed to.

To be clear Newark is a 1hr and 15min drive from JFK.

They wasted an extra 6hours of their time by not just letting them off at Newark.

Id be furious and looking to sue them.

I hate flying anyway so there's a chance I may have beaten the shit out of a staff member just to get off the plane.

Youre flying in a petri dish and they're making you sit in it for an extra 6hours?

In the era of covid there's a case here.

I'm surprised they didn't duck tape him to a seat, arrest him and slap an $80,000 fine on him for interfering with a flight crew.

Remember when stewardesses dressed like hookers in high heels and mini-skirts with lots of cleavage?

Now they hate you and treat you like hostages.

[imgur] [link to imgur.com (secure)]

Airlines are NOT responsible for weather problems. The passengers are lucky they received $50.00!

isnt it amazing how your human rights disappear once you get into an airport and you suddenly become slaves or prisoners. This state of affairs continues whilst you are on the airplane and does not end until you manage to escape the airport after going through strict security checks like a supermax prison...

I'm happy I grew up in the 70s when stewardesses looked like this. You millennials have screwed things up for yourselves

If they took the time to see what the problem was, they would not say the passengers were hostages for 7 hours!

The plane was delayed in Cancun for 5 hours and 4 minutes! They sat inside the airport then boarded. So, it was late leaving the gate in Cancun! Probably because of the weather in NYC!

Flight time was 4 hours 12 minutes. They attempted to land at JFK. When that didn't work out, they diverted to Newark. They were on the ground there for 60 minutes. Then took off and landed at JFK.

[link to flightaware.com (secure)]