OOPS
Automated message falsely told all onboard ‘we will be making emergency landing on water’
(Thanks to Unholy Slacker, who adds, "You are now free to change your pants.)
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January 20, 2012
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I seem to recall a Bill Cosby routine where he indicated that he wanted the full truth if there was an impending disaster. He did not want to die while reading "Life Magazine"
Posted by: Not My Usual Alias | January 20, 2012 at 12:03 PM
"British Airways offered an immediate apology" and a ticket home on another airline.
Posted by: ferj064 | January 20, 2012 at 12:14 PM
"Ladies and Gentlemen, You've all been punked! The Captain, Alfred E. Newman is a lifelong practical joker!"--the message that possibly played after the
recording.
I imagine quite a few passengers were not amused.
Posted by: funny man | January 20, 2012 at 12:15 PM
What possesses them to even have such a recording?
Pilot: You tell 'em.
Co-Pilot: No! YOU tell 'em!
Pilot: I order YOU to tell 'em!
Co-Piiot: No way am I gonna tell 'em!
Pilot: Wait, we can use the recording!
Posted by: Meanie the Blue | January 20, 2012 at 12:35 PM
"Emergency landing on water"?
No need, we've got your water right here.
Posted by: Steve | January 20, 2012 at 12:37 PM
Kind of like the time they accidently put in the real emergency warning message instead of the practice one for the emergency broadcast system. Basically said we were under Nuclear attack. Richard Nixon was prez so I will shut up and get back on the bus.
Posted by: oldfatguy | January 20, 2012 at 12:42 PM
Man, if I were a pilot, and I had that recording, I'm not sure I could resist playing it for kicks.
Posted by: Elon | January 20, 2012 at 01:28 PM
* snork * at Meanie
It could have been worse. It could have announced that they were about to crash into the side of a mountain.
Posted by: Ms. Flukey | January 20, 2012 at 01:42 PM
The big question is, how much were they charged for the experience?
Posted by: Layzeeboy | January 20, 2012 at 01:44 PM
Nixon wuz President?
Hu gnu?
*Starts geezer bus, pulls into traffic with turn signal blinking ad infinitum ...*
Posted by: O the Umanity | January 20, 2012 at 01:54 PM
They probably thought it was the one that announced they would be making a routine landing on water. There's a big difference, I'm told.
Posted by: Shark Tooth John | January 20, 2012 at 02:17 PM
I'll bet their lawyers won't be amused either.
Posted by: nursecindy | January 20, 2012 at 05:51 PM
Until Sully landed in the calm Hudson, the general opinion of pilots was that with a commercial airliner, there is no such thing as "making an emergency landing on water." It's called "crashing into the ocean."
Posted by: Ralph | January 20, 2012 at 07:45 PM
Thirty seconds later, a crew member casually announced that the prerecorded announcement was played accidentally and there was no risk.
Farquharson said the tone of the apology at 35,000 feet hardly reflected the terror caused by the 3 a.m. announcement.
“Imagining yourself plunging toward a cold, watery grave in the middle of the Atlantic is a pretty horrific thought,” said the London resident. “But they seemed pretty blase about it.”
Just kidding!
:: puts plug back in socket ::
/Airplane!
Posted by: Spiny Norman | January 21, 2012 at 12:42 PM
This actual event was about a month or so ago. I remember reading it somewhere else.
Posted by: ken in sc | January 22, 2012 at 12:36 PM
Followed by a rush of people getting injured rushing for the bathroom because they had the piss scared out of them.
Posted by: Normcowie | January 22, 2012 at 06:49 PM