Ghoulish moans are haunting the intercoms of American Airlines flights

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https://www.washingtonpost.com/travel/2022/09/26/flight-noise-american-airlines-intercom-lax/
https://archive.ph/BVynL

Ghoulish moans are haunting the intercoms of American Airlines flights
A passenger’s video captured the unexplained noises on a recent flight from LAX to Dallas
By James Bikales
September 26, 2022 at 2:01 p.m. EDT

It’s not Halloween yet, but American Airlines passengers have reported ghoulish moans and ghostly breathing over the intercom systems on several flights in recent months.

Film producer Emerson Collins captured the strange cacophony on his Sept. 6 flight from Los Angeles to Dallas. The video has racked up millions of views on Twitter and TikTok.

The humanlike noises began before takeoff and persisted in the air, especially early in the flight and during service, Collins told The Washington Post. In the video, the sounds range from groans and grumbles to whoops.

“I swear it’s a prank,” a flight attendant can be heard telling Collins in the video.

At one point, a flight attendant comes over the intercom to apologize for the “extremely irritating sound” and says the pilots are working to mitigate the problem. As soon as she finishes speaking, the sounds reemerge, resembling a “ho!” and a guttural moan.

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[Historic NY]

1. ARE any parts from crashed or damaged planes used in the system.

[SergeStorms]

2. Someone is having a little fun....

at the flight attendants and passengers expense. It could even be someone using their cellphone. Whoever it is, they'd better hope they don't get caught.

Its NOT ghosts or some tormented souls trying to escape the aircraft's PA system. That's complete nonsense.

[A HERETIC I AM]

3. Speaking of a little fun....

I read a story about a long-time Airline Pilot who had a habit of saying out loud, just after the wheels left the ground, "OH MY GOD, WHAT THE HELL IS THAT? just so it would be found on the cockpit voice recorder in case of a crash! He apparently had a really morbid sense of humor and would do it just to fuck with any potential accident investigators!