As the British Airways flight from Miami to London Heathrow was cruising over the Atlantic Ocean at 35,000 feet, a recorded message went off telling passengers: "This is an emergency announcement. We may shortly need to make an emergency landing on water."

One passenger told The Telegraph: "It was about 3am. An alarm sounded and we were told we were about to land in the sea. I thought we were going to die. My wife was crying and passengers were screaming. Then they played an announcement telling us to just ignore the warnings."

The cabin crew reacted quickly and reassured the passengers that the message was played in error. British Airways commented: "The cabin crew cancelled the announcement immediately and sought to reassure customers that the flight was operating normally. We apologise to customers for causing them undue concern."

This is not the first time such error occured. Back in 2010, a British Airways flight from London to Hong Kong with 275 passengers on board mistakingly played an automated announcement telling passengers to brace themselves and prepare for a crash landing. See the video:

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