Passengers flying in a British Airways’ aeroplane from Miami to London thought they were going to die last Friday, when a recorded voice announced: “This is an emergency, we will shortly be making an emergency landing on water.” More »
There are times in which an aeroplane decompression may not be dangerous. But when your captain literally has half of his body out of one of the cockpit windshields, his face “banging against the window [from the outside]with blood coming out of his nose and the side of his head”, all while the plane – with 81 passengers en route to sunny Málaga, Spain, from Birmingham, England – is “spiralling down at 24m per second with no autopilot and no radio”… well, maybe then it is time to panic. More »
Picture the scene: 275 passengers aboard a Hong Kong-bound British Airways flight from London Heathrow are played an automatic plane crash message when flying over the North Sea. Only trouble (or, blessing) is, it was an error. Whoops? [Reuters]
Hey, this makes sense. No one wants to hear (or pay for) in-flight voice calls, and since only grandpa uses the voice feature of his phone these days, why not simply allow data plan usage?
I say! Have you heard of this jolly good technology being sprouted on the interweb, old chap? It’s a British invention, naturally. British Airways is letting its passengers check in via their mobile phone. No, no, not just on the iPhone – although they’ve offered that since July – on any mobile phone with a mobile browser. They’re even offering the service in 11 different languages. I know: you have to wonder about the state of the Empire when our national airline offers something in French, but at least we beat those buggers across the Pond to the punch. The best part, other than it being British, is that you don’t even have to download any additional software – just point your mobile browser at www.ba.com/mobile and enter your booking number and surname. What’s that? Why yes, it is jolly good. Well, I’m off to enjoy the miserable British weather. Huru!
