wrote:
My assumption was just confirmed by MSNBC, the crew turned it off.

Actually, they've corrected the initial reports. They did have the
DIRECTV turned on during the situation. They only turned it off when
they started to land. Some passengers described it as surreal, and
another thought he was in a dream.

http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/09/22/airliner.emergency.ap/