Passengers on a British Airways flight from Miami to London were told to prepare for a water landing after the emergency announcement was accidentally activated.
People on board began to panic after the announcement, but were told 30 seconds later by a flight attendant over the intercom that it was played in error.
Passenger Duncan Farquharson, who was flying with his wife, told the UK's Daily Mail: "We were about three hours into the flight when an automated message came over the tannoy saying: 'This is an emergency, we will shortly be making an emergency landing on water'.
"We looked at each other and figured we were both about to die. Families with children were distraught and people were in tears. It was very distressing.
"Imagining yourself plunging towards a cold, watery grave in the middle of the Atlantic is a pretty horrific thought but they seemed very blasé about it."
A British Airways spokesman said that the cabin crew immediately apologised and spoke to passengers individually to reassure them.
The spokesman said: "The cabin crew cancelled the announcement immediately and sought to reassure customers that the flight was operating normally.'
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