On a flight from LAX-SLC this morning at 6:15 after coming in from KOA overnight, needless to say I was in a little bit of a fog, so I was very surprised to hear a strange voice come over the PA and instruct me to calmly reach forward and take an oxygen mask and place it over my mouth and nose. That was enough to wake me up from the fog!!!

Luckily, we were just taxiing and there was no cabin depressurization. The captain came quickly onto the PA and explained that sometimes when they cycle the engines and power, funny things happen.

The funny thing (in my mind anyway) was the emergency guys voice was super creepy and if that had been a real emergency that called for oxygen masks, not sure I would be remaining too terribly calm as he tries to instruct. There is a solemn morbidity in his voice that is sort of ironic. Anyone heard this message, have any comments?

Thankfully, no.
Glad it turned out OK.

Sounds like a bad science fiction movie. Just curious, was this a prerecorded voice you were hearing or was it live?

Glad everyone is fine. As this is not DL-specific, I am moving this thread to the TravelBuzz Forum.
Obscure2k
Delta Moderator

I was on a recent flight on an unnamed well-respected Asian carrier and had the oxygen mask experience... mid-flight. On ascent from hub airport. Scared the **** out of me. Creepy voice (this one was female voice): "THIS IS AN EMERGENCY. PLEASE PLACE OXYGEN MASK OVER YOUR NOSE AND MOUTH AND BREATH NORMALLY."... Then... 4 minutes of silence... as we continued to ascend. Purser comes on intercom and instructs FAs to continue normal service (how can they do this while wearing Oxygen masks?) Finally, another 90 seconds later, captain comes on intercom, states that he has been told that the o2 masks deployed, but that everything is normal, that there is no risk, and that we will continue to our destination. Fortunately, this was a short flight. FA's serve lunch, which I skip as my heart is still in my throat at that point. Having flown hundreds of segments and > 1M bis miles (yeah yeah, not many for an FTer) in the last 12 yrs, I had never seen an oxygen mask deployment and hence was quite shaken by the whole experience.

FWIW, the aircraft was approximately 10-yr-old wide-body jet with an impeccable safety record. The funny thing was seeing some of the pax in J trying to put their masks back in their slots. I highly doubt they were qualified to perform such a/c maintenance, hence they were unsuccessful in their attempts.

Oh well, as the saying goes, "any landing you can walk away from is a good one" and everything was alright in the end.