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WE'LL CRASH WE'LL CRASH EXCLUSIVE What stewardess yelled as plane hit turbulence 28 February 2006 By Stephen Moyes A STEWARDESS kept screaming: "We're going to crash," when a packed jet hit turbulence at 30,000ft causing panic among passengers. The cabin crew member shouted out three times as travellers were tossed around and trays, drinks and bags flew through the air. Passenger Paul Gibson, 30, said: "She began screaming every time the plane shook. "She shouted at the top of her voice, 'We're going to crash! We're going to crash! We're going to crash!'" Virgin Atlantic flight VS043 hit bad weather...

Girl, 15, given radiation overdose LUCIE CHRISTIE AN INVESTIGATION is under way at a top cancer hospital today after a teenage patient was given a massive overdose of radiation up to 17 times during treatment. Lisa Norris, 15, was given the overdoses at the Beatson Oncology Centre in Glasgow, where she was treated for a brain tumour. The hospital has blamed human error for the overdoses. The effects of the overdoses are not yet known, but the parents of the teenager from Girvan in Ayrshire said doctors had warned that the extra radiation could prove fatal. Staff at the hospital...

A THREE-DAY-OLD baby had his foot burned after a blundering nurse held it in scalding water for three minutes. Ben Freeman screamed in agony as the nurse kept his foot in a container of boiling water. He was trying to soften the tot's foot for a blood test. But he had failed to check the temperature of the water. And he didn't realise the baby's foot was being scalded because he was wearing gloves. Ben's foot was red raw and the skin was peeling off. Yet the nurse didn't treat the horrific burn. Instead, he injected the baby's other foot...