Originally Posted by
Irish lad
Happened to me once on a BA flight (747). The PA system suddenly announced we were about to make an emergency landing on water. Given that we were flying over Europe at the time with no obvious problems, I deduced it was a false message and quietly sipped my champagne.
The CSD did come round to apologise and make sure passengers were not alarmed.
It looks like a repeat occurrence in BA.
1. Does a real person make the announcement or a computerized voice that gets activated by pressing a button?
2. Does the apology come from a real person or from a cputerized voice?
3. In a real emergency does the captain announce the emergency or he activates a button? In either case, how much time passengesr have (considering the emergency-seconds? minutes?)
4. Was it the same 747? If so, why wasn't it fixed?