Airline: Creepy Intercom Noises Are “Mechanical Issue”

Los Angeles’s ABC affiliate reports:

American Airlines says a mechanical issue was responsible for strange sounds coming from a plane’s public announcement system during a flight from LAX to Dallas. A viral video posted on social media showed one passenger’s reaction to the strange sounds, describing it as “somewhere between an orgasm and vomiting.”

In the video, passenger Emerson Collins theorizes that someone may have “broken into” the intercom system, a sentiment that is apparently shared by one of the flight attendants.

American, however, said that was impossible because the PA systems are not connected to the internet. Instead, the company said the cause was a lot less sinister, blaming it on a malfunctioning system.

Read the full article. As you may recall, the issue has been reported on multiple American flights. The noises sure don’t sound mechanical.