Wrong message played
NZPA-AAP London An air hostess struck terror into more than 100 passengers when she pressed the wrong button, the London “Daily Express” reported yesterday. The public address system on a British Airways flight twice broadcast the message: “This is an emergency. We are going to land on water. Please get your life-vests from under your seats.” Henry Cotton, a former top golfer, told the “Express” that many had the yellow vests on before the message was repeated. Then came another hasty message: “There was a fault. There is no need for alarm.” A stewardess came on the line to apologise: “I pressed the wrong button.” She had explained she had meant to play a prerecorded announcement selling duty-free items, Mr Cotton told the newspaper. The Boeing 737 was above Cherbourg, France, and about to cross the Channel en route from Faro, Portugal, to London, when the incident happened.
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