British Airways Apologizes After Oxygen Masks Accidentally Deploy Mid-Flight

British Airways Apologizes After Oxygen Masks Accidentally Deploy Mid-Flight
A British Airways airplane flies from the Toulouse-Blagnac airport, near Toulouse, France on Oct. 19, 2017. A recent British Airways flight from Singapore to London accidentally deployed oxygen masks mid-flight. Pascal Pavani/AFP/Getty Images
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British Airways representatives issued an apology after passengers panicked during one of its flights, during which oxygen masks were accidentally dropped mid-flight with an announcement that said it was “not a drill.”

On Sunday, flight BA16 was traveling from Singapore to London when, two hours into the flight, oxygen masks dropped.