Transcript of: False 'crash' announcement result of wrong button pushed
And imagine being on an aircraft and hearing the following message:
'
This is an emergency
. We may shortly need to make an emergency landing on the water.'
That's what
happened earlier this week. It was a
British Airways
747 from
Heathrow
to
Hong Kong
as the plane flew over the
North Sea
. And of course, since we didn't report on a plane crash last night, it was a mistake. The cabin crew hopped on the
PA
, apologized for any undue distress. Somebody apparently had hit the wrong button. But who knew they had that kind of prerecorded announcement ready to go onboard the aircraft? When we
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