Passenger on MAYDAY BA flight shouted ‘I don’t want to die’

A British Airways Airbus A320 was ‘seconds from disaster’ (Picture: Domenic Aquilina/NurPhoto via Getty Images) A passenger aboard a British Airways flight that issued a ‘mayday’ distress call had to be calmed down amid fears they were going to crash. New details have emerged following the ‘serious incident’ earlier this month, with one traveller describing his fear after the plane suffered an air data systems failure. The aircraft was reportedly ‘seconds from disaster’ while over Canary Wharf on July 6, as it flew from Düsseldorf to Heathrow. While at 4,000 ft, flight BA919 encountered an issue in the cockpit, leading to two stall warnings and the crew declaring a PAN PAN – an international radio signal for an urgent but not life-threatening emergency. This was later upgraded to ‘mayday’,