. >> i'm very thank youful. it could have happened at 3:00 in the morning. thank offul that no one is hurt. you know what, everything happens for a reason. the best is yet to come. merry christmas. pg a. e had to turn off power to the home to find out what happened. >> when it finally came to a stop, some were cheering, others crying. images have showed the route the plane took as it dumped fuel. they burned off a lot of fuel over several hours. abc 7 news reporter laura anthony is live to take you through exactly what happened. law ra? >> well, hi, dan. these were some difficult hours for these passengers. one woman told us she spent the time as they were flying in circles trying to comfort the passenger next to her. she said she also composed good-bye texts, texts she fortunately never have sent. finally, safely, after a four hour or deal in the skies boov the central valley. it was clear something was wrong. >> the plane was bumping and it was going very slow because they were trying to get the landing gear up. >> we took off and immediately once we got i