A group of passengers conducted an in-cabin worship session on a British Airways flight from London to Jamaica. They were singing and chanting, and being lead in prayer from the aisle – for what was reportedly nearly 3 hours. One passenger on board says it began about an hour into the flight and ran for 150 minutes. The preacher was eventually told to sit when the seatbelt sign came on. This appears to be older footage that’s resurfaced and gone viral again.
'Nightmare' British Airways flight to Jamaica turns into three-hour airborne church service
Passengers on the nine-hour Heathrow-Montego Bay flight endured nonstop preaching, singing, chanting and praying from a vocal group just one hour in, with a man standing on his seat and a… pic.twitter.com/VncPUTbTp0
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Most people see being trapped inside a metal tube, unable to escape the noise and proselytizing as a hard negative. A smaller set of online commenters defend it as uplifting, communal and “needed.”
Live and Let’s Fly says “I recognize that Jesus Himself said, “Go into all the world and preach the gospel to the whole creation”” but I’d point out he also said to pray in private not – not to pray to be seen praying. (Matthew 6:5-7 KJV)
And when thou prayest, thou shalt not be as the hypocrites are: for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets, that they may be seen of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward. “But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and when thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy Father which is in secret; and thy Father which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly. But when ye pray, use not vain repetitions, as the heathen do: for they think that they shall be heard for their much speaking.
In the fall, spontaneous worship broke out on an American Airlines flight. Also last year, a JetBlue passenger blessed their plane with holy water. Another woman caught the spirit – also on a flight to Jamaica.
Kingston, Jamaica. Saying prayers before you arrive at that third world dump.
@Coffee Please — With your display of overt bigotry… Ja’makin’ me crazy, mon! (Great, now I’m hungry for some extra spicy jerk chicken.) In all seriousness, no one, regardless of background, race, gender, nationality, religion, or anything, should be evangelizing or interrupting others on flights like this. Crew should’ve shut that down, immediately.
I don’t respond to gratuitous nastiness and anger. Sticking to the subject, this does sound like a hellish flight. The FAs should have stopped things right away.
@1990
Have you been to KIN? You really should visit that paradise.