Actress: Emergency landing 'surreal'
LOS ANGELES, California (AP) -- Actress Taryn Manning says flying in an airliner that was the subject of a breaking news story she sat watching on inflight TV was the most "out of body experience I ever had."
Manning, who has appeared in such films as "Hustle and Flow," "Crossroads" and "8 Mile," was among 140 passengers on the JetBlue airliner that had to make an emergency landing Wednesday at Los Angeles International Airport after its front landing gear became stuck in a sideways position. No one was hurt.
JetBlue airliners have satellite television monitors installed in the backs of the seats so passengers can watch TV during their flights.
"When we saw our plane on TV as 'breaking news' ... it was the most surreal, out of body experience I ever had," Manning told talk-show host Craig Ferguson during a taping of "The Late Late Show" on Thursday.
While the plane circled Southern California for three hours to burn off excess fuel before landing, Manning said she, like other passengers, wrote a note to her family.
"I just composed a little something so that if anything happened they would know that our last goodbye wasn't on the phone," she said.
The passengers displayed a range of emotions during the ordeal, according to the actress.
"A lot of the women of course were crying," she said. "There was a gentleman across the way who was writing in his journal and crying, and seeing that isn't easy."
When the plane finally touched down safely amid a shower of sparks and smoke as its front tire disintegrated, Manning said passengers burst into a deafening round of cheers and applause.
"It sounded like Dodger Stadium in there," she said.
posted by José Javier Pérez M.S. E.M @ 7:27 a. m.
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