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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 wasn't able to get to a television, so the first thing i did was dial dave's phone number. i dialed it a few times. that was the worst ten minutes of the my life because i had no idea what was going on. >> at last barbara's call goes through just as the plane grinds t...

>> 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 you're 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 i'm 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 internation...

>> 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 couch. whoa! >> two years later in august, 2007, the landing of a china airlines flight in okinawa, japan, makes dave's experience seem tame by comparison. 157 passengers run for their lives...

>> 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 wasn't able to get to a television, so the first thing i did was dial dave's phone number. i dialed it a few times. that was the worst ten minutes of the my life because i had no idea what was going on. >> at ...

Emergency landing. >> brace, brace, brace. >> a terrified passenger films the entire ordeal and records what could be his final good-byes. >> just thought i'd 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, he's 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 been in a big argument the night before. >> i dropped him off at the airport about 2:30, and i wa...