Terrified passengers pleaded to get off a plane after stormy weather led to several aborted attempts to touch down in New York City.
The traumatic ordeal reportedly led to several people vomiting and fainting as they waited to be thrust back up into the air.
A distressing video appears to show the chaotic scenes aboard the JetBlue aircraft after it failed to land at the city's JFK Airport, with passengers asking to be let off at Newark Liberty in New Jersey instead.
As the jet waits to take off yet again in an attempt to land at the correct destination, one man is heard yelling at cabin crew: "I'm not going back in the air!"
But he is told he cannot get off.
A second man also begs crew members to let him off.
"My kids are panicking," he shouts. "We gotta' get off this plane. It’s dangerous!"
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He goes on to say: "We tried to land four times already … we’re scared to fly, we wanna get off!
"I don't care about JFK — it's our lives! People are sick back there, people are fainting, people are throwing up! A little respect for human beings!"
As another passenger says: "Take me to jail, I don't care," the man shouts: "I don’t want to go to jail, but it’s not right!
"Everybody wants to get the hell off!"
Others in the video can be heard saying: "Arrest me, I want to get off" and "I'm scared."
The incident occurred on Thursday when the flight came in from Cancun in Mexico.
The plane waited on the tarmac for an hour at Newark before eventually flying the remaining distance across into the neighbouring state and landing safely.
JetBlue spokesman Derek Dombrowski told the New York Post that Flight 1852 was diverted to nearby Newark "due to weather" over JFK.
Mr Dombrowski said a customs processing issue prevented the passengers from being allowed to leave the plane at the initial airport.
"Without proper customs processing available for the flight at Newark, the aircraft remained on the ground for 60 minutes and once the weather cleared departed again for JFK where it safely landed."
"We apologise for the inconvenience this weather-related diversion created," Mr Dombrowski added.
One man on the flight told the New York Post the passengers had been left "traumatised" by the ordeal.
"They told us that we would have to wait hours for customs at Newark or 20 minutes to go back to JFK - where we still had to wait hours anyway," the unnamed passenger said.
"JetBlue gave us $50 flight credits for our troubles."
It comes as JetBlue and Alaska Air announced they will cut their schedules because of worker shortages meaning there will be less flights than usual this summer.
