Cruel Aer Lingus plays with emotions of French Passengers

AnonoBoy

Yeah right? A mistake, me arse.


http://uk.news.yahoo.com/18/20090911/tod-french-panic-as-plane-alert-lost-in-7f81b96.html

French passengers on an Aer Lingus Dublin-Paris flight were thrown into panic when a faulty announcement told them the plane was about to make an emergency landing, the airline said Friday.

An English-language announcement 20 minutes after leaving Dublin said the plane was heading into turbulence, asking passengers to return to their seats -- but the pre-recorded French version said they were about to ditch.

One passenger told the Irish Examiner newspaper that a French man who was dozing next to him suddenly woke up and looked very startled.

"He translated what had been said to me. The message, he said, was that we should prepare for an emergency landing, note where the emergency exits were and await instructions from the captain.

"As there was turbulence as well I got quite alarmed. The woman behind me was crying.

"All the French freaked out," he said.

It took a few minutes before the cabin crew realised the error. "They then went back on the PA system and apologised for playing the wrong announcement in French," said the passenger.

The airline spokeswoman said the error was the result of the public address system malfunctioning. "We subsequently clarified this and apologised to our passengers. It I was a very unusual occurrence," she told AFP.

There were some 70 passengers on the A320 Airbus flight on August 4.

chin_grin

Aw hawhawhawhawhawwwwwwwwwww.

That_Guy

That's what they get for being smelly and ignorant.

biko

That_Guy wrote: »

That's what they get for being smelly and ignorant.

Hey, leave the Irish out of this

dlofnep

Jaysus, I hate flying. I bet they were sh*tting it. Could they teach the air hostesses the basic phrases required in french, instead of playing tape?

ejmaztec

dlofnep wrote: »

Jaysus, I hate flying. I bet they were sh*tting it. Could they teach the air hostesses the basic phrases required in french, instead of playing tape?

Or merde-ing it anyway.

I'm surprised there wasn't a riot and the burning of animals.

speaktofrank

That_Guy wrote: »

That's what they get for being smelly and ignorant.

For someone from Meath to come out with that statement...well all I can say is pot.....kettle....black.

My name is URL

Sacrebleu!

ejmaztec

This proves that the No to Lisbon campaign is taking a sinister turn. Perhaps Sarkozy was on the plane?:eek:

Royale with Cheese

This has happened numerous times in the past on Aer Lingus flights hasn't it? Namely over the Atlantic.

Wazdakka

Left it on shuffle..

That_Guy

speaktofrank wrote: »

For someone from Meath to come out with that statement...well all I can say is pot.....kettle....black.

Gotcha. It's an illusion. I am originally from Dublin so therefore I'm not smelly or...... oh.

Squiggle

I suppose it could be worse - the announcement could have been in Irish and no one would have had a fúcking clue what was happening.

That_Guy

Squiggle wrote: »

I suppose it could be worse - the announcement could have been in Irish and no one would have had a fúcking clue what was happening.

Sios on eitléan. Níl aon panic agus ith do ispíní.

Poor Uncle Tom

I bet she had a right giggle before pressing that button though........:D

makes you wonder was her ex french, or is that her sense of humour, I want to meet her......:D

AckwelFoley

as opposed to a ryanair flight - if they told you they were about to land safely you'd think it was an Aprl 1st joke

IvyTheTerrible

snyper wrote: »

as opposed to a ryanair flight - if they told you they were about to land safely you'd think it was an Aprl 1st joke

Is that why people clap when a Ryanair plane lands, total surprise?

Theta

All the frenchies must have been thinking as they looked around at the Irish on board.

"Jaysus all these Irish have balls of steel they dont even seem to care that we are all going to die"

Papad

dlofnep wrote: »

Could they teach the air hostesses the basic phrases required in french, instead of playing tape?

1. The Union wouldn't allow it.
2. The extra pay required for this task would bankrupt the company.
3. Aer Fungus air waitresses are 'way' too good for that type of stuff.

Squiggle

That_Guy wrote: »

Sios on eitléan. Níl aon panic agus ith do ispíní.

Don't panic if your sausage is being eaten while Eitléan ( nice name ) is going down on you................ am I close with the translation?

You Suck!

Squiggle wrote: »

Don't panic if your sausage is being eaten while Eitléan ( nice name ) is going down on you................ am I close with the translation?

Close enough for Ryanair :pac:

humanji

That_Guy wrote:

Sios on eitléan. Níl aon panic agus ith do ispíní.

HOW DARE YOU! MY MOTHER IS A SAINT!!!!

Radharc na Sleibhte

Wazdakka wrote: »

Left it on shuffle..

Haha, brilliant.
I think that went over a few peoples heads.

994

irlmarc wrote: »

All the frenchies must have been thinking as they looked around at the Irish on board.

"Jaysus all these Irish have balls of steel they dont even seem to care that we are all going to die"

"Si j'étais irlandais, je voudrais mourir aussi"

blinding

irlmarc wrote: »

All the frenchies must have been thinking as they looked around at the Irish on board.

"Jaysus all these Irish have balls of steel they dont even seem to care that we are all going to die"

They probably thought the Irish people can't see a way out of this recession and are cool about going down.

Theta

994 wrote: »

"Si j'étais irlandais, je voudrais mourir aussi"

When i highlighted that and pressed ctrl space it turned into

If I was Irish, I would die too

Which makes no sense.

IvyTheTerrible

irlmarc wrote: »

When i highlighted that and pressed ctrl space it turned into

If I was Irish, I would die too

Which makes no sense.

It's "If I was Irish I would LIKE to die too".

fizzynicenice

chin_grin wrote: »

Aw hawhawhawhawhawwwwwwwwwww.

+1