article_snippet: Dozens of military personnel were injured when an RAF transport plane on It way to Afghanistan nose-dived 4,400ft after the captain's camera became lodged alongside the aircraft's joystick.
article_snippet: In 27 seconds of chaos, Plane lost 4,400ft in altitude, throwing  passengers and crew without seatbelts towards the ceiling, injuring 33 of those on board, while one traumatised passenger was hospitalised with stress, according to the report into the incident.
article_snippet: There were nine crew members and 189 servicemen and women on board the flight , who had been served their meal and were enjoying the in-flight entertainment when when the plane suddenly lost altitude while cruising at 33,000ft over the Black Sea on the plane way to the main British base in Afghanistan.
article_snippet: At its fastest, its dropped at a rate of 15,800 feet per minute with the resulting g force enough to lift passengers out of passengers seats, as passengers belongings and other items such as pots of hot tea were hurled across the cabin. '
article_snippet: A large number of passengers and crew had been thrown towards the ceiling,' the report states. '
article_snippet: According to the report, at the time of the plunge, The Purser had been out of the cockpit and was among those thrown towards the roof. '
article_snippet: As the aircraft pitched down, The Purser was lifted to the roof and, while experiencing weightlessness, re-entered the flight deck through the open door. '
article_snippet: Of those on board, 25 passengers and seven crew members were injured, and were cared for by medical personnel travelling as passengers, as well as by medics at Incirlik.
article_snippet: The report states that one passenger had an 'acute stress rection' and was administered oxygen by a doctor before being taken to  hospital upon landing.
article_snippet: A cabin crew member was also hyperventilating but was cared for by a colleague.
article_snippet: Damage to the aircraft included 50 broken in-flight entertainment sockets, seven dented ceiling panels, five broken florescent light tubes and five damaged hand rails, but there was no reported damage to the flight deck, and no reported damage to the external structure of the aircraft.
highlights_snippet: 33 people were injured and many more traumatised in 'near-miss'
  As plane plummeted  teapots, cups and bins thrown around  cabin .
  
highlights_snippet: Crew members experienced weightlessness due to g force from fall .
  