Thursday’s JetBlue flight 170 from Fort Lauderdale to Boston had to divert to Orlando, and passengers didn’t reach their destination until after 4:30 in the morning, when a man on board revealed himself to be the devil and punched the woman he was traveling with.
Flight attendants moved the woman to the lavatory for her protection, but Mr. Satan “was punching the door to try to get her out.”
Reportedly flight attendants discretely told passengers about the planned diversion to Orlando to remove Mephistopheles from the aircraft, not wanting to anger him with an announcement or risk his conjuring dark arts.
I was in front of the plane so I heard no disturbance in the back, but we had one of the flight attendants tell the first few rows that there would be pit stop in Orlando but they didn’t want to make announcement in case it angered the man,” passenger Max Seelig said.
Once on the ground in Orlando, passengers had to deplane and wait for a new crew since the one originally working their flight timed out. The airline let passengers know there would be no compensation for the delay, because a common carrier discovering The Dark One onboard one of their aircraft “is considered an uncontrollable disruption; meaning it’s due to events outside of JetBlue’s control (things like Air Traffic Control or weather disruptions).”
Now would this be under the heading of what insurance companies call uncontrollable “Acts of God”?
@drrichard: Theologically, it’s pretty much the *opposite* of an Act of God.
that war on drugs sure is doing a great job
@Joshua K.
Actually, was not it god who drowned everyone on earth? That’s probably where the term “Act of God” came from.
I understand the passenger had an uncanny resemblance to Mick Jagger
“Flight from Hell…”
I bet Gary’s been waiting YEARS for a story like this, just to use that headline…
The perpetrator needs to be charged with a felon. If guilty 7-10 years and no travel on any scheduled airline for 10 years.
I wonder if this post will get the usual push back against religious people.
Well, a new twist on the old the devil made me do it reason.
Why is a no-fly list a bad idea again?
That quality journalism everyone is here for …..
Orlando-Boston ….like the two worst places on earth
Calling BS on the “in case it angered the man” explanation. It’s not like you can hide the fact that the plane is descending and landing a few hours early, so at some point if a diversion is going to “anger” him it’s going to happen anyway and the crew (and possibly fellow passengers) need to be ready for the consequences one way or the other.
I applaud.the crew members for doing their absolute best to protect the woman, keep the maniac calm, and deal with the other passengers safely, but discreetly. That is a hell of a lot of skills on that plane ijs