# Moaning Sounds on Flights **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 28, 2022, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moaning-sounds-on-flights/972386 "2022-09-28T13:05:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![tofor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tofor/32/13727_2.png) [@tofor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tofor)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2022, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moaning-sounds-on-flights/972386/1 "2022-09-28T13:05:35Z")
Apparently multiple airline flights have experienced a moaning sound over the intercom. Here is video of the very weird experience. > The weirdest flight ever. > These sounds started over the intercom before takeoff and continued throughout the flight. > They couldn’t stop it, and after landing still had no idea what it was. [pic.twitter.com/F8lJlZHJ63](https://t.co/F8lJlZHJ63) > > — Emerson Collins (@ActuallyEmerson) [September 23, 2022](https://twitter.com/ActuallyEmerson/status/1573107117254639616?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) This guy is a filmaker, so my first thought is that it isn’t actually happening and he’s faking it. But, it’s also being reported by real news orgs: > **[American Airlines denies it was hacked when plane intercom played grunting...](https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/american-airlines-intercom-sounds-b2176821.html)** > > Video of sounds onboard flight from Los Angeles to Dallas went viral AA says they weren’t hacked, but what else could this be? It definitely sounds human. ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2022, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moaning-sounds-on-flights/972386/2 "2022-09-28T13:28:39Z")
The airline’s explanation is bullshit. AA was hacked, possibly by an angry or prankster employee. _Someone_ at a semi-automated radio station I once worked at slipped a taped “cart” into the machine which held dozens of similar carts with music, ads and announcements which were programmed to play at various times. The “ringer” cart (this was holiday season) played a short selection of Xmas music with Santa in the background going ho-ho-ho, until Santa developed a horrible cough, started gagging and (presumably) expired. ---
**Author:** ![engineer\_comp\_geek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/engineer_comp_geek/32/504_2.png) [@engineer\_comp\_geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/engineer_comp_geek)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2022, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moaning-sounds-on-flights/972386/3 "2022-09-28T13:37:03Z")
> [@tofor](#): > > multiple airline flights I thought it was only one flight. At least that was what all of the news reports I saw were reporting. > [@tofor](#): > > AA says they weren’t hacked I have heard all kinds of weird sounds come out of malfunctioning electronics, but not that. It sounds very much human to me, too. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2022, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moaning-sounds-on-flights/972386/4 "2022-09-28T13:40:19Z")
> [@engineer\_comp\_geek](#): > > > [@tofor](#): > > > > multiple airline flights > > I thought it was only one flight. At least that was what all of the news reports I saw were reporting. This appears to be the only one with moaning. There have been other noises on other flights and one thing in common is LAX: > **[Why Are American Airlines Flights Being Haunted by Groaning Noises?](https://gizmodo.com/american-airlines-haunted-noises-emerson-collins-1849581010)** > > A rash of noises described as “explosive diarrhea, vomiting, and a weird, vaguely sexual moan” hit an American Airlines flight last week. It's not the only one. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2022, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moaning-sounds-on-flights/972386/5 "2022-09-28T13:40:28Z")
Pilots joining the Mile High Club? ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2022, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moaning-sounds-on-flights/972386/6 "2022-09-28T14:15:45Z")
No, but the airplane might be. It is the plane making the sounds, after all…