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"you cant believe the irony that you may be watching your own demise right on tv. its post modern in a kind of a way"people on jet blue in flight and in their seats watching their air emergency (a landing gear problem) on satellite tv as they passively participate in the emergency on tv are then interviewed afterwards describe watching the emergency and switching back and forth to other shows for distraction. seen live (taped) this am on cnn.
The back of each seat on a JetBlue plane is equipped with a small television set. As passengers watched, live, in-flight broadcasts of MSNBC (see video tape) and Fox News began to show their airplane. Ash glanced at the television of the passenger next to him: "At first I just thought, 'Of course, Fox News,' " he said, discounting the story as sensationalized. "But then it was on MSNBC." People started to worry. "It was so eerie watching ourselves," Ash said. "It was unimaginable…. We heard people speculating about this and that. It was so odd." Somehow, being on the TV news "made it a big deal." Passengers reacted with a range of emotions — some quietly upset and concerned, but most very calm. A few began laughing. Ash joined them. Once he saw the humor of it, the sense wouldn't leave him: "It was just such an absurd situation," he said. But his humor faded as he listened to television commentators talking about the flight.