London , England ( CNN ) -- Passengers on a British Airways flight from London to Hong Kong got a scare this week when a recorded announcement said the plane was making an emergency landing . The recording , however , was triggered by a computer glitch -- not by an actual emergency -- and the cabin crew immediately told passengers it had been a mistake , a BA spokesman said Friday . `` We would like to apologize to passengers onboard the flight for causing them undue distress , '' the airline said in a statement . The Sun newspaper reported it happened as the plane , carrying 275 passengers , was over the North Sea . It quoted one passenger who said people were terrified to hear the recording , which said , `` This is an emergency announcement . We may shortly need to make an emergency landing on water . '' CNN 's Bharati Naik contributed to this report .
The recording said the plane was making an emergency landing . A spokesman for the airline told CNN that it had no information about any injuries or damage to the plane. It happened on a British Airways flight between London and Hong Kong .