Passengers on an easyJet flight were surprised by a 'flashmob' musical performance by evangelical Christians - who sprang up to sing a devotional song while the plane was thousands of feet in the air. A musician identified as Jonathan Neo was filmed strumming an acoustic guitar, backed by other singers in a version of 'How Great Is Our God'.
A video of the stunt has been posted on Instagram to the account of Jack Jensz Junior, with the caption: "Worshipping our King Jesus 30,000 feet in the air!" A clip posted to Jack Jensz Junior's TikTok channel was also viewed over 30 million times in 48 hours, The New Zealand Herald reports.
And the flashmob has divided opinion online. Commenting on the Instagram video, marta1800 said: "This is awesome."
Elvira_eduardovna20 was among those in favour too, commenting "So bold! Blessings!" while yana.m.shulga said: "So beautiful!"
But dawgsma commented: " I wouldn’t enjoy being trapped listening to any religious songs. It seems a bit tone deafness to assume people would be OK with that."
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Another Instagram user, switchsteve20, called on the singers to "stop forcing your beliefs on others," and oceanclub said: " I'd demand my fare back."
US congressional representative Ilhan Omar, who is a Muslim, tweeted: "I think my family and I should have a prayer session next time I am on a plane. How do you think it will end?"
The New Zealand Herald reported that Jensz has since commented, saying the musicians had been helping on a Christian mission to Ukraine, helping refugees with humanitarian aid. "Our team had been in Ukraine since the second day of the war," he said.
"On this flight we had our team and went up to the air hosts and asked them if we could share a song with the passengers."
He said they had permission from the flight crew. They had been applauded by passengers as well, he added.
"I wanted to do a response video to show exactly what happened on the plane," he said. "People were crying and visibly moved."
