‘I just started to panic’: Flight attendant gets payout after turbulence broke her leg in seven places
A flight attendant who is unable to do her dream job after breaking her leg in seven places during heavy turbulence has won a six-figure payout. Eden Garrity, 31, was pushing a trolley when the Thomas Cook flight from Cuba to Manchester was caught in a fierce Atlantic hail storm.
The impact of the turbulence pushed the flight up 500 feet, pinning Eden to the ground and breaking her ankle. Eden was unable to walk at all for two months after the incident and underwent numerous surgeries and intensive rehabilitation.
She has suffered nerve damage that makes it painful for ...