This hilarious video captures the moment a pilot had passengers in stitches with his amusing take-off of a pre-flight announcement.

David Williams was flying back to Devon from Guernsey with Flybe when he filmed the amusing speech.

The pilot pretended to confuse his destination, mistaking Exeter for Palma, Majorca, and said he hoped he had his maps the right way round.

David caught most of the hilarious speech on film which he said put all the passengers at ease before take off.

The unnamed pilot said: "We've been looking at the maps, we think we've got them the right way round. We think we should head right after take off.

"Hopefully somewhere along that route there will be an airport called Exeter.

"Luckily for you lot I've done my flying for the day, it wasn't pretty so I'm going to refrain from that for the rest of the evening."

Before handing over to his co-pilot, the captain added: "At Flybe we pride ourselves in employing some of the very finest cabin crew this industry has to offer, but I'm sorry to say they're all on annual leave.

"Zoe and Leanne are here to clap and sing their way through the Flybe safety demonstration which is going to amuse and entertain you - once they're done with that they'll put their clothes back on, equipment back in the lockers and we'll get underway.

David, 20, a factory worker from Ilfracombe, Devon said it was the "best pilot announcement ever".

He said: "I really enjoyed it. Unfortunately I couldn't record the first announcement when we were getting on the plane when he told passengers from the previous flight not to tell the new passengers about "the interesting flight, we don't want to scare them". He was joking of course.

"I think all announcements should be like that. It's makes the pilot human and helps anyone on the flight who has had a bad day to feel better.

"It's a perfect example of customer care and hospitality. It's shows that the pilots and Flybe care."

Flybe has been approached for comment.