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‘Everybody wants to get the hell off’: JetBlue passengers plead with crew after three aborted landings

‘Arrest me!’ multiple customers challeng flight attendants in extraordinary mutiny captured on camera

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‘Arrest me!’ multiple customers challeng flight attendants in extraordinary mutiny captured on camera

Highlights

  • JetBlue flight 1852 from Cancun was diverted to Newark Liberty International in New York after three aborted landing attempts.
  • Several passengers shouted ‘Arrest me!’
  • and ‘I don’t want to go back up in the air’ JetBlue said it remained on the tarmac for an hour while the weather cleared before taking off for JFK.
  • One passenger claims people were ‘fainting’ and ’throwing up’ and begged crew to have ‘a little respect for human beings’ The plane sat at Newark airport for over an hour as the passengers debated with crew.
  • JetBlue blamed a customs issue for the take-two take-off, and said they’d been given flight credits as compensation.