Word: ruffley
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...board, the passengers and crew were hurled into chaos. "It was like riding the tail end of a snapping whip," said one passenger. Unbelted passengers, serving carts and dinner trays were flung into the air. "Everything went into a state of weightlessness," said John Ruffley, 51, a passenger from Summit, N.J. "Cocktail carts floated about the cabin along with people, plates, glasses and almost everything else. It was as if a mystic was at work. Then, when the plane pulled up [at 33,000 ft.], everything came crashing down...