JetBlue Flight 292

Last night while watching Lost, I saw the special announcement that JetBlue Flight 292 had a problem with their aircraft. The front wheels were stuck in a sideways position and they were dumping their fuel and circling around to get rid of more fuel. No idea whether they would be able to land safely. And to make matters worse, the passengers could watch what was going on because of the free DirectTV channels.

It was very weird. It would've been so much calmer without" the televisions, Pia Varma of Los Angeles said." (CNN)

I was worried sick until the next update on TV, checking CNN and MSN for more information. Can you imagine being on a plane not knowing whether you're going to survive the landing? Frantically calling your loved ones but not being able to get through? Sending text messages that may be your final communication with them? I was on the verge of tears the entire time.

My husband of course was calm and assured me that they would still be able to land and were probably dropping fuel so there was no fire. He said they would just have a rough landing.

Maybe this is effecting me more because I was just on a JetBlue flight last week and I will be one again next week. This is supposed to happen in random parts of the world .. not to flights going to JFK! Of course, that's not rational but that was the thought in my head. I fly pretty often, not as often as others I'm sure, but at least every other month. It scares me that I may be alone, without my family, and know that it's the end.

"At the end it was the worst because you didn't know if it was going to work, if we would catch fire. It was very scary. Grown men were crying," said Diane Hamilton, 32, a television graphics specialist."

I can't imagine the sigh of relief and the applause that must have erupted when the amazing pilot was able to land smoothly and safely. Not to mention the relief their loved ones felt, knowing all along the danger these passengers were in.

Maybe this technical problem wasn't that big of a deal .. maybe it could have been much bigger. I'm just so relieved to know that they are all safe and their loved ones don't have to worry.