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Emergency landing. >> brace, brace, brace. >> a terrified passenger films the entire ordeal and records what could be his final good-byes. >> just thought id leave a message just in case that i love you. >> normally dave is a light-hearted guy, a comedian from southern california. >> you were filling the gas tank you would never leave. >> but on september 21st, 2005, hes in no mood for a long cross-country flight to new york. >> i woke up early and i woke up tired because my girlfriend and i had...

Problem and prepares for an emergency landing. >> brace, brace, brace. >> a terrified passenger films the entire ordeal and records what could be his final good-byes. >> just thought id leave a message just in case that i love you. >> normally dave is a light-hearted guy, a comedian from southern california. >> you were filling the gas tank you would never leave. >> but on september 21st, 2005, hes in no mood for a long cross-country flight to new york. >> i woke up early and i woke up tired bec...

Plane. ill tell you all about it, but i cant talk now." >> the nightmare flight is over. >> yeah, good job! good job! thank you! as i was exiting the plane, i actually got a wonderful shot of the landing gear completely shaved in half. >> when barbara arrives home that evening, dave shows her the message he taped. >> i love you, and everything is going to be groovy. >> i felt really special, and i understood that he loved me, so i was very thankful to have him sitting there next to me on the cou...

Ordeal on live television, but the news manages to reach her. >> i made a phone call to a friend of mine, and he abruptly tells me he doesnt have time to talk to me because hes busy watching this plane story on the television, and then i realize that that was the plane that dave was on. >> jetblue flight 292 is getting ready to land. >> flight 292 on its final approach for an emergency landing. >> the moment is horrifying for those watching live. but nothing compares to the terror on board. >> b...

>> people were agitated, and the fellow came on and said, "we believe that we have a malfunction with our landing gear." >> malfunction, not the kind of word a passenger likes to hear. dave snaps to attention and turns on the tv in the seatback in front of him. >> the jetblue airliner, the one youre looking at on your screen, apparently sent out a distress call. >> so all of a sudden, there is some coverage of a plane in trouble, and im thinking, wow, the poor folks on that plane. >> this plane ...

Front landing gear just being ripped up by the runway. >> passengers can no longer see what the television shows. sparks and flames erupting from beneath the plane. >> as we came in and the plane finally stopped, there was this moment of almost silence, and then all of a sudden somebody yelled out -- >> right on! >> whoo! >> and then we all just erupted. >> flight 292 jetblue has landed at l.a.x. safely. >> meanwhile barbara is a wreck. >> i wasnt able to get to a television, so the first thing ...

Problem and prepares for an emergency landing. >> brace, brace, brace. >> a terrified passenger films the entire ordeal and records what could be his final good-byes. >> just thought id leave a message just in case that i love you. >> normally dave is a light-hearted guy, a comedian from southern california. >> you were filling the gas tank you would never leave. >> but on september 21st, 2005, hes in no mood for a long cross-country flight to new york. >> i woke up early and i woke up tired bec...

Trouble, and im thinking, wow, the poor folks on that plane. >> this plane took off from burbank airport, shortly after 3:00 p.m. it was headed for john f. kennedy international airport. >> and then, of course, i realize, thats the plane that im on. its absolutely surreal to be watching this story of the plane that youre in. >> dave decides to film the scene with a small video camera from his carry-on luggage. >> weve run all of the relevant checklists and are confident we know exactly what the ...

Checklists and are confident we know exactly what the issues are. >> my understanding of what happened the landing gear had a problem when it was retracted, so it got twisted to completely exactly the wrong way. >> the pilot announces theyll fly around to burn off fuel before landing at l.a.x. >> because we were flying around for two hours, we had a lot of time to think about the situation, and i ping-ponged from intellectual reason that this will be okay to emotional panic that the landing gear...

That plane? and he says "yes, im on the plane. ill tell you all about it, but i cant talk now." >> the nightmare flight is over. >> yeah, good job! good job! thank you! as i was exiting the plane, i actually got a wonderful shot of the landing gear completely shaved in half. >> when barbara arrives home that evening, dave shows her the message he taped. >> i love you, and everything is going to be groovy. >> i felt really special, and i understood that he loved me, so i was very thankful to have...