I was one of the passengers on this crash. We were all company employees enroute to a temporary assignment in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. One of the passengers had a camera around his neck as he jumped off, so he stepped back and took some great pictures. We all have a copy of them.

--Brian VanHandel

I was a store clerk at Ona in Wilmington, Ohio. We had just serviced this aircraft before it went to JFK. This was very traumatic to all those at Wilminton Ona base. I was horrified when I heard that it was destroyed. When we saw the pictures, I was even more so.

--Royboy

[Notice in the picture the rope from the cockpit;] both pilots went out the windows on escape lines - 1 inch straight nylons resulting in torn and burned hands. [A Vietnamese flight attendant] was on her first trip and her last - she quit.

--Pete Stark

I am Captain Gabe Potter and I was deadheading in row 1, left side. The pictures that are always shown were taken by the maintenance mechanic Kenny Zask. I was right beside him when he took them. We both went out the right front door. No other exits were available in the front. The rear crewmembers went out the left rear door. I have no idea how old this thread/site is but if you want more info my mail is 747gabe@gmail. com.

--Gabe