A few posters over on airliners.net have mentioned something about some of the networks talking with actual passengers on the flight...if so, I would assume via cell phone and primarily because the passengers were watching seat-back DirecTV and phoned into whatever news network they were watching...

It's awful enough to see the situation unfolding on TV, but I can't even begin to imagine how terrible it would be to watch video coverage of your disabled flight from your on-board TV...nor can I imagine who in the world agreed to put the passengers on the air, if they did. Are ratings really that important to them?

Again, here's hoping that everyone lands safely...

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