There’s nothing more annoying than being stuck on a long flight with annoying noises you can’t escape, whether it’s a crying baby or someone who decides to make music without using their headphones.
But for passengers aboard a Sept. 6 American Airlines flight from Los Angeles to Dallas, the annoyance of ominous and disturbing moaning noises came over the public intercom.
Actor Emerson Collins recently went viral on TikTok for documenting the flight and the bizarre sounds coming from the plane’s intercom. The video has nearly a million views.
“Someone on this flight appears to have broken into the intercom system and continues to make a noise that is somewhere between orgasm and vomiting,” Collins tells viewers.
strangest. Flight. EVER!
The sounds in the video continue before the flight attendants make an announcement.
“Ladies and gentlemen, we realize that there is an extremely annoying noise coming through the public announcement system. The cockpit is trying to troubleshoot and try to turn it off, so be patient,” said the flight attendant. “We know this is a very strange anomaly and none of us enjoy it.”
“I was convinced that someone on our flight was having a great time,” Collins told Gizmodoand noted that he realized it couldn’t have been another passenger “making these noises audible or the people around them would notice.”
According to the Los Angeles TimesThis is the third reported similar incident in which passengers were susceptible to bizarre noises coming through the flight intercom.
The internet has theories, of course. The jokes ranged from the pilot falling asleep and having sleep apnea to someone hacking the intercom from the bathroom.
“This is the funniest thing I’ve ever seen on a plane,” one viewer wrote.
Collins says there is “no real explanation yet” as to what exactly happened, although American Airlines has said so News week that there is no Wi-Fi on the planes’ intercom systems, meaning a hack would have been nearly impossible.
“The PA systems on board our plane are wired and there is no outside access,” said Sarah Jantz, spokesperson for American Airlines. “After the initial report, our maintenance team thoroughly inspected the aircraft and PA system and determined that the noises were caused by a mechanical problem with the PA amplifier, which increases the volume of the PA system when the engines are running. team is reviewing the additional reports.”
businesskinda.com contacted American Airlines for additional comment.
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