A man was left suffering in excruciating pain for over six hours after he broke his leg just 30 minutes into a flight from Bali to New Zealand. The 47-year-old man, named Niko, was walking back to his seat from the bathroom when the plane dropped from severe turbulence. He came down hard, suffering a fractured tibia and fibula. There was a doctor on board the flight but only the over-the-counter painkiller Panadol was available to relieve the pain. And you should also know: probably not important, but the plane was a Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner, and the airline is calling it a case of “clear-air turbulence,” which happens in a cloud-free sky.
* Still, a broken leg on a Boeing plane beats getting sucked away when a door blows out.
* Panadol, and he bought out the entire drink cart.
* “We can turn around and be back at the airport in 30 minutes, or we can fly another six-and-a-half hours. Hmmm… what to do, what to do?”
* WEIRD coincidence: “Break a leg” is what Peter Graves always used to say on the set of “Airplane.”