Video | 'Something's not right on this flight': Passenger's video captures panic as smoke forces Cathay plane to make emergency landing
The drama on board flight CX884 when it became apparent that the plane was to make an emergency landing was captured on video by passenger Ethan Williams. In the four-minute film, cabin crew can be heard instructing passengers to wear their life jackets and prepare for the brace position.
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The terrifying moment that every air traveller dreads has been captured on video by a Cathay Pacific passenger as a plane from Hong Kong to Los Angeles was forced to make an emergency landing at a military airport in Alaska after smoke was detected on board.
Events manager Ethan Williams, a British passenger on flight CX884, started filming with his mobile phone when he noticed cabin crew members “running around like crazy and warning signs going off”, as the plane cruised thousands of feet above the Pacific Ocean.
“Something’s not right,” he tells the camera.
The four-minute video captures a member of the cabin crew announcing the plane would make an emergency landing and telling passengers to put on their life jackets. Although Williams remains calm enough to keep filming, his concern about the unfolding situation is clearly etched on his face.
The video shows cabin crew rushing around and helping passengers put on their life jackets before an announcement is made telling those on board to prepare to assume the brace position.