Originally Posted by macabus

The OP's story reminds me of the most horrendous flight from LHR-JFK.

Our 777 hit turbulence so severe that both engines were shaken off the wings. Then the wings themselves snapped clean off.

As the plane began to dive toward the ocean, the aluminum skin ripped away from the fuselage, causing rapid decompression and exposing the passengers to a torrential 500 mile-an-hour wind.

Luckily, we had an excellent pilot who managed to control the aircraft by only the tail flaps and rudder.

After gliding across the Atlantic at 5,000 feet and 200 miles an hour, we landed safely at JFK with with the entire fuselage ripped away.

What a flight that was!