Cockpit voice warnings like this one are standard on commercial aircraft, using short spoken phrases so pilots can identify a problem without looking away from their instruments. The cabin altitude alert is part of that tradition on McDonnell Douglas MD aircraft, and recordings and recreations of these alerts circulate widely among flight simulator players and aviation fans. Online, the clip left the cockpit behind and became a short meme sound, dropped into videos whenever creators want a calm machine voice to announce that a situation is getting worse.