Enjoy the flight - we're not crashing after all
Apr 25, 1999, 5:25 pm
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Enjoy the flight - we're not crashing after all
Unbelievable.
A recorded message mistakenly announced that the plane was about to crash into the sea.
This was on a SFO-LHR flight. More info:
http://biz.yahoo.com/rf/990425/dt.html
A recorded message mistakenly announced that the plane was about to crash into the sea.
This was on a SFO-LHR flight. More info:
http://biz.yahoo.com/rf/990425/dt.html
Apr 26, 1999, 7:26 am
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I am just delighted that when the time comes, the BA announcement is oh so nice. Infact positively polite and glowing...
"Attention. Attention. This is an emergency announcement.
I repeat this is an emergency announcement.
An emergency situation has arisen whereby we will be making a forced landing on water.
Please prepare for a forced landing. Life jackets may be found under your seat. Please adopt the brace position. I repeat..."
Priceless!
Nick
"Attention. Attention. This is an emergency announcement.
I repeat this is an emergency announcement.
An emergency situation has arisen whereby we will be making a forced landing on water.
Please prepare for a forced landing. Life jackets may be found under your seat. Please adopt the brace position. I repeat..."
Priceless!
Nick
Apr 26, 1999, 2:44 pm
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Apparently it was a prank. Here's the BBC's take ...
Monday, April 26, 1999 Published at 10:14 GMT 11:14 UK
UK
'Prank' behind jet crash
warning
Some distressed passengers needed medical attention
British Airways says it believes a "mischievous prank"
by a passenger probably caused a pre-recorded
message - warning of an imminent emergency - to be
played on a flight from San Francisco to London.
The 391 travellers were told to prepare
for a forced landing before the crew
realised that the announcement had
been played in error.
Pre-recorded crash alarm messages
are kept in the cabin service director's area inside one of
the galleys on BA Boeing 747s.
The BA spokesman said: "The
message is loaded and ready to go.
It's just a matter of lifting a lid and
pushing the button.
"The message has to be in an
accessible position and it is our belief
that a passenger on board found this button and pushed
it."
Passengers panic
The message, which came three hours into Flight 286,
told the passengers to get into the brace position and
put on life jackets.
Several passengers became so distressed that the crew
had to call for the assistance of a doctor on board.
People started to panic and many had
begun to put on their life jackets
before the chief steward announced it
was a false alarm.
BA has apologised to the passengers
and is continuing its investigation into the incident.
Passenger Lloyd Pople, from
Reading, Berkshire, said: "To
be told you're about to die is
not a pleasant experience.
"Everyone looked up for a
stewardess, but they looked
shocked. Then everyone
turned to their neighbour as
the full horror of the
announcement sank in."
He went on: "Almost everyone else was in a state of
shock. About 15 minutes later the captain said: 'I
understand that a false alarm sounded to the effect that
we were about to ditch. I assure you that this flight is
fine'."
Monday, April 26, 1999 Published at 10:14 GMT 11:14 UK
UK
'Prank' behind jet crash
warning
Some distressed passengers needed medical attention
British Airways says it believes a "mischievous prank"
by a passenger probably caused a pre-recorded
message - warning of an imminent emergency - to be
played on a flight from San Francisco to London.
The 391 travellers were told to prepare
for a forced landing before the crew
realised that the announcement had
been played in error.
Pre-recorded crash alarm messages
are kept in the cabin service director's area inside one of
the galleys on BA Boeing 747s.
The BA spokesman said: "The
message is loaded and ready to go.
It's just a matter of lifting a lid and
pushing the button.
"The message has to be in an
accessible position and it is our belief
that a passenger on board found this button and pushed
it."
Passengers panic
The message, which came three hours into Flight 286,
told the passengers to get into the brace position and
put on life jackets.
Several passengers became so distressed that the crew
had to call for the assistance of a doctor on board.
People started to panic and many had
begun to put on their life jackets
before the chief steward announced it
was a false alarm.
BA has apologised to the passengers
and is continuing its investigation into the incident.
Passenger Lloyd Pople, from
Reading, Berkshire, said: "To
be told you're about to die is
not a pleasant experience.
"Everyone looked up for a
stewardess, but they looked
shocked. Then everyone
turned to their neighbour as
the full horror of the
announcement sank in."
He went on: "Almost everyone else was in a state of
shock. About 15 minutes later the captain said: 'I
understand that a false alarm sounded to the effect that
we were about to ditch. I assure you that this flight is
fine'."
Apr 27, 1999, 10:29 am
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So let me get this straight....
In the event of a REAL emergency, doctors must attend to the weak heartedness first to prepare them of imminent doom before donning on their own life jackets? I'd say every man for himself....
By then again, there really hasn't been a successful water landing by a 747 yet, has there?
In the event of a REAL emergency, doctors must attend to the weak heartedness first to prepare them of imminent doom before donning on their own life jackets? I'd say every man for himself....
By then again, there really hasn't been a successful water landing by a 747 yet, has there?