( CNN ) -- Victorious on the ground Sunday afternoon , the New York Jets got a special welcome home in the air Sunday night when the pilot of their large charter plane and air traffic controllers lined them up for a view of the Empire State Building , which was lit up for the occasion in the team colors -- green and white . As the plane approached Newark International Airport at around midnight Sunday , the crew of Continental Flight 1915 asked air traffic controllers if the building was still lit up . After confirming it was , a controller put the plane on a course down New York 's Hudson River , telling the pilot they could see the west side of the skyscraper . `` We got 200 people looking at it , '' the crew of the Boeing 767 responded . `` Really pretty night for it , too . '' `` I planned that , '' the air traffic controller deadpanned . A string of air traffic controllers -- neutral on most occasions , partisan on this one -- chimed in as the plane landed and taxied , proclaiming , `` Go Jets ! '' The radio traffic was recorded and placed on LiveATC.net , a website for aviation hobbyists and devotees . The Jets beat the favored New England Patriots 28-21 Sunday in a National Football League playoff game , a result that evidently lightened the mood on board the Continental Boeing 767 . `` You 've got a happy bunch on board , huh ? '' a controller says in the first transmission on the tape . `` Very happy , '' the pilot or first officer says . `` We have a question for you : Is the Empire State Building still lit up right now ? ... I 've got an unusual request . If it 's green and white , the guys actually want us to get as close as we can to see it . '' After the pilot was given a heading that put the building within view , he said to the controller , `` You guys are awesome . '' Asked later by another controller if they enjoyed the trip down the river , the flight crew responded : `` We did , and the team did too . It was great . I know the coach liked it . '' A Federal Aviation Administration spokesman , Paul Takemoto , said Tuesday the plane followed a normal course down the river , and the controllers did not divert from that course it to fulfill the players ' wish .
The Empire State Building was lit up in green and white . The Jets ' jet 's flight path took it past the illuminated building . The Jets beat the New England Patriots 28-21 .