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slamminshaun · 09-22-2005, 08:01 PM

Was it appropriate for Big Media to report the Jet Blue emergency landing on live TV with passengers on board watching? I don't know how you all feel, but I don't think I'd want to turn CNN on and see "experts" talking about the odds of me surviving.

It seems that when passengers turned on the TV to get their mind off of the situation, it just made the whole thing worse. "It would have been a really calm flight had we not been able to watch the news," 23-year-old passenger Pia Varme said of the live coverage. Some could not bear to watch the live images -- which repeatedly showed close-ups of the plane's twisted front nose wheels -- and turned to other channels.

http://today.reuters.com/News/Crises...ryId=N22573615

LdySphynx · 09-22-2005, 08:09 PM

My My, aren't we a little post whore :P.

JMT · 09-22-2005, 09:04 PM

id rather have the choice of watching the tv on my flight than not. should the crew have pulled the plug on the tvs much earlier? perhaps, but if the passengers didnt like to watch they could have turned it off themselves. im guessing not many did.

rhythmburn · 09-22-2005, 09:08 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JMT

id rather have the choice of watching the tv on my flight than not. should the crew have pulled the plug on the tvs much earlier? perhaps, but if the passengers didnt like to watch they could have turned it off themselves. im guessing not many did.

i had heard that they turned off the coverage 30 minutes before 'landing'...

slamminshaun · 09-22-2005, 09:26 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by rhythmburn

[quote author=JMT link=board=6;threadid=20430;start=0#msg242268 date=1127433855]
id rather have the choice of watching the tv on my flight than not. should the crew have pulled the plug on the tvs much earlier? perhaps, but if the passengers didnt like to watch they could have turned it off themselves. im guessing not many did.

i had heard that they turned off the coverage 30 minutes before 'landing'...

[/quote]

more like 5 minutes....the article said that all of a sudden the TV's went black so people panicked....

web_norah · 09-24-2005, 03:54 PM

i'd have lost it inside that airplane.

thats so scary.

09-22-2005, 08:01 PM	#1 (permalink)
slamminshaun CoolJunkie Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 6,580	Jet Blue Passengers Watched Own Landing on TV Registered members do not see ads. Register or logon for a better view. Was it appropriate for Big Media to report the Jet Blue emergency landing on live TV with passengers on board watching? I don't know how you all feel, but I don't think I'd want to turn CNN on and see "experts" talking about the odds of me surviving. It seems that when passengers turned on the TV to get their mind off of the situation, it just made the whole thing worse. "It would have been a really calm flight had we not been able to watch the news," 23-year-old passenger Pia Varme said of the live coverage. Some could not bear to watch the live images -- which repeatedly showed close-ups of the plane's twisted front nose wheels -- and turned to other channels. http://today.reuters.com/News/Crises...ryId=N22573615 __________________ No such thing as bad student, only bad teacher - Miyagi

09-22-2005, 08:09 PM	#2 (permalink)
LdySphynx CoolJunkie Join Date: May 2004 Posts: 5,127	Re:Jet Blue Passengers Watched Own Landing on TV My My, aren't we a little post whore :P. __________________ Thankfully I'm FULL of MYSELF, if not I would be one SHALLOW BITCH!!!

09-22-2005, 09:04 PM	#3 (permalink)
JMT MegaJunkie Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Del Boca Vista Posts: 11,868	Re:Jet Blue Passengers Watched Own Landing on TV id rather have the choice of watching the tv on my flight than not. should the crew have pulled the plug on the tvs much earlier? perhaps, but if the passengers didnt like to watch they could have turned it off themselves. im guessing not many did. __________________ W.W.P.D.?

09-24-2005, 03:54 PM	#6 (permalink)
web_norah CoolJunkie Join Date: Aug 2003 Posts: 9,537	Re:Jet Blue Passengers Watched Own Landing on TV i'd have lost it inside that airplane. thats so scary.

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