Jetstar said it enjoyed the "impromptu in-flight entertainment" when a passenger channelled their "inner Edith Piaf," but it had to be a "one-off."
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Frustrated passengers on a delayed flight briefly got transported to Paris when one of their fellow travellers decided to hijack the PA system and serenade them with a song in French.
A video posted on TikTok by a passenger on the Australian airline Jetstar shows a woman singing what seems to be "La Vie En Rose" by Edith Piaf at the front of the plane, as customers endured a two-hour delay.
@conorclarke84 didnt even do requests #fyp #jetstar #funny
♬ original sound - Conor Clarke
Commenters were comparing the incident to a scene from the 2011 comedy "Bridesmaids," where Kristen Wiig's character commandeers the PA after taking muscle relaxants.
The passenger on the Jetstar flight couldn't be identified and it wasn't clear when the incident occurred.
A representative for Jetstar told Insider in a statement that the woman had been a passenger on one of its flights, and apologized for the delay.
"While we enjoyed the impromptu in-flight entertainment, and this customer channelling their inner Edith Piaf, the PA system should only be used by crew, so this does need to be a one-off," the representative said.
However, in comments on the video – which has more than 1 million views – Jetstar's TikTok account acknowledged the unauthorized performance, quipping: "Now that's inflight entertainment."
Flight delays can spark strange incidents and behavior as passengers descend suffer collective cabin fever waiting to take off.
This passenger's decision to start singing is among the more lighthearted responses to a delay.
Last week, a woman on a Spirit Airlines flight that was delayed for seven hours posted a video of a passenger having an angry exchange with the flight attendant.
