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Your stewardess of the year everybody!

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A PANIC-STRICKEN air stewardess sparked terror on her turbulence-hit flight by screaming: "We're going to crash."

The hostess, named only as Wendy, stunned hundreds of passengers on the Gatwick-to-Las Vegas Virgin flight by repeating the outburst three times.

She cracked as the jet began shaking and sharply dived 8,000ft.

Passenger Claire Daley, 34, of Stone, Staffs, said: "Outside, we could see the wing was bent right up by the force.

"I looked to the stewardess for reassurance. But she let out a large scream and shouted three times, 'We're going to crash'.

"At that, all the other passengers screamed too."

People were thrown to the floor in the drama and meals were sent flying.

The Virgin flight VS43 - which had 451 passengers on board - hit unexpected turbulence as it flew over Greenland last Friday.

A Virgin spokesman today said the airline was waiting for the crew to return to the UK before starting an investigation.

He added: "The safety and security of passengers and crew is Virgin Atlantic's top priority. The flight deck will always keep passengers informed of expected flying conditions and where possible will try to avoid areas of expected turbulence.

"Incidents of unexpected turbulence are relatively rare, but as a precaution passengers are always advised to wear seatbelts at all times during the flight."
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8,000 FT?

Holy fsck that is some serious turbulence. I enjoy a bumpy ride (adds some excitement to an otherwise dull flight) but that would probably make me sh!t myself too.

Viper GTS
 
Not to mention the freaking wing was bent upward from the drop. Jesus. I fly all the time and have since I was too young to remember, and that would scare the hell out of me too.
 
Originally posted by: astrosfan90
Not to mention the freaking wing was bent upward from the drop. Jesus. I fly all the time and have since I was too young to remember, and that would scare the hell out of me too.
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They are designed to do that. If they didn't have some sort of bend they would simply snap off.
 
Originally posted by: iamwiz82
Originally posted by: astrosfan90
Not to mention the freaking wing was bent upward from the drop. Jesus. I fly all the time and have since I was too young to remember, and that would scare the hell out of me too.
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They are designed to do that. If they didn't have some sort of bend they would simply snap off.
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yes, but seeing it actually taking place, must be rather terrifying.

Just cause the e-brakes on a falling elevator shriek to let you know they're active, you're still gonna release every fluid in your body when you hear it
 
Originally posted by: pclstyle
Originally posted by: iamwiz82
Originally posted by: astrosfan90
Not to mention the freaking wing was bent upward from the drop. Jesus. I fly all the time and have since I was too young to remember, and that would scare the hell out of me too.
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They are designed to do that. If they didn't have some sort of bend they would simply snap off.
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yes, but seeing it actually taking place, must be rather terrifying.

Just cause the e-brakes on a falling elevator shriek to let you know they're active, you're still gonna release every fluid in your body when you hear it
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Watch the wing next time you take off.
 
Originally posted by: iamwiz82
Originally posted by: pclstyle
Originally posted by: iamwiz82
Originally posted by: astrosfan90
Not to mention the freaking wing was bent upward from the drop. Jesus. I fly all the time and have since I was too young to remember, and that would scare the hell out of me too.
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They are designed to do that. If they didn't have some sort of bend they would simply snap off.
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yes, but seeing it actually taking place, must be rather terrifying.

Just cause the e-brakes on a falling elevator shriek to let you know they're active, you're still gonna release every fluid in your body when you hear it
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Watch the wing next time you take off.
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Yes, but I'm sure that the passengers' description of "bent upward" implied that it was to a much greater degree than what is normally observed during takeoff =/
 
Originally posted by: Viper GTS
8,000 FT?

Holy fsck that is some serious turbulence. I enjoy a bumpy ride (adds some excitement to an otherwise dull flight) but that would probably make me sh!t myself too.

Viper GTS
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word.
 
Originally posted by: Viper GTS
8,000 FT?

Holy fsck that is some serious turbulence. I enjoy a bumpy ride (adds some excitement to an otherwise dull flight) but that would probably make me sh!t myself too.

Viper GTS
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You too, huh? Not too many people seem to agree...

Originally posted by: pclstyle

Yes, but I'm sure that the passengers' description of "bent upward" implied that it was to a much greater degree than what is normally observed during takeoff =/
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I'm sure the passengers don't know jack, and the only reason it seemed much more bent to them was because takeoff feels "normal", and turbulence does not.
 
Originally posted by: Ime
'm sure the pilots up front probably had a real high pucker factor.
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Yeah, but at least they weren't running up and down the aisles screaming "We're going to crash! We're going to crash! We're going to crash!"
 
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