Passengers panic as American Airlines flight ‘floods’ in mid-air: ‘New fear unleashed’

Passengers panic as American Airlines flight ‘floods’ in mid-air: ‘New fear unleashed’

Freaked-out fliers feared they would “drown” 30,000 feet above the ground.

For passengers on an American Airlines flight from Dallas, Texas, to Minneapolis, Minnesota, on Dec. 7, the journey through the friendly skies was as wet as the journey at sea when water began to fill the cabin in midair flood.

American Airlines did not immediately respond to The Post’s request for comment.

Video of an apparent leak on an American Airlines flight from Dallas to Minneapolis has gone viral on TikTok, receiving over 7.2 million views. TikTok / @4blaz

Video of an apparent leak on an American Airlines flight from Dallas to Minneapolis has gone viral on TikTok, receiving over 7.2 million views. TikTok / @4blaz

However, there is certainly talk of the watery journey on social media.

“The onboard movie was Titanic,” one content creator quipped in the caption of a viral clip featuring footage of the watery mishap. Images of the spill shocked over 7.2 million TikTok views.

In the background of the post was “My Heart Will Go On” by Céline Dion – which served as the theme song for the 1997 blockbuster about the luxury liner that sank in the North Atlantic in 1912.

Blazevic claims that a fellow passenger noticed the leak after using the plane's toilet. Mdv Edwards – stock.adobe.com

Blazevic claims that a fellow passenger noticed the leak after using the plane’s toilet. Mdv Edwards – stock.adobe.com

Video showed shocked travelers escaping the torrent that seeped down the aisle toward the front of the plane due to a leak in a rear toilet.

Hilary Stewart Blazevic, a passenger on the plane, claimed a woman was using the restroom and alerted a flight attendant to the leak, according to Storyful. But the flight attendant was unable to suppress the cascade.

“It was complete disbelief and a little panic when I realized they couldn’t turn off the water,” Blazevic said, adding that flyers picked up their belongings from the ground and lifted their feet to avoid the “disgusting” pool.

Angry online commentators are calling the chaos their “new fear of the ‘final destination'” and comparing the disaster to the series of horror films about people narrowly escaping death.

The flooding is just the latest frightening incident to occur in the air, following a series of equally frightening events that have occurred on recent flights. Robin – stock.adobe.com

The flooding is just the latest frightening incident to occur in the air, following a series of equally frightening events that have occurred on recent flights. Robin – stock.adobe.com

“I’m imagining drowning…on a plane…in the air,” wrote one shocked viewer.

“Drowning at 30,000 feet and going 500 miles per hour lol,” remarked an equally unsettled viewer.

“New final destination fear unlocked,” another added.

But a little water – which may or may not be sewage – is far from the scariest obstacle the aviators have encountered in recent months.

Boeing 737 jetsetters panicked after oxygen masks were unexpectedly placed on their faces aboard an Air Algerie flight AH 1460 flying from Algeria to Lyon, France, in August.

And passengers on the Avianca Airlines flight to Colombia screamed, held onto their seats and prayed to themselves as severe turbulence rocked the plane violently during a departure in September.

“It was a very panicked moment,” said one passenger who recorded the harrowing chaos. “(We) thought the plane was going to crash.”

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