This story is available exclusively to Business Insider subscribers. AdvertisementScott's wife, Lesley Scott, said the flight attendants urgently asked passengers to put the oxygen masks on, which they thought meant this was not a mistake and that something was actually wrong. AdvertisementIn a statement provided to Business Insider, United said: "A small number of oxygen masks inadvertently deployed during the flight. About a week prior, oxygen masks also "inadvertently deployed" on a transatlantic United flight from Paris to Washington, DC. AdvertisementBoeing did not immediately respond to a request for comment from Business Insider sent outside regular hours.

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