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Fri 08 Aug 2010Plane crash warning played by mistake
British Airways has apologised to passengers after an emergency message warning they were about to crash into the sea was played by mistake.
About 275 passengers were on the London Heathrow to Hong Kong flight on Tuesday evening when the automated message went out. The Boeing 747 was flying over the North Sea at the time.
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