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Old Apr 4, 2016 | 11:14 pm
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Originally Posted by flying_gibbon
As I was passing the cockpit while boarding my flight on a MD-88 on Friday I heard something new. The cockpit door was wide open and the airplane spit out two very audible automated warnings: "Fire- engine 1. Fire- engine 2."

I'm a very laid back traveler (and fortunately the person next to me was as well), so I figured this was just some sort of system test (or brilliant April fools joke), but I could imagine some travelers would be very spooked. Has anyone ever encountered this before or know why the warnings were triggered?
Standard checks during pre-flight.

What could be more of a concern to an inexperienced travel is hearing some of the louder "warnings" (such as the "Autopilot Disconnect") during flight, which is quite audible if you're up in FC on some aircraft.

And of course you might even hear the "RETARD! RETARD! RETARD!" on the Airbus.
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