[ WP ] `` And if you look out left side of the plane you 'll see ... Oh not this again . ''

For the second time in her life, Diane had to run up to the cockpit with the other flight attendants for an emergency meeting. She made sure to walk with purpose rather than run, so as to not alarm the passengers. Most of them had headphones on or were asleep, so they did n't catch the captain's slip on the speaker system. Those who were paying attention, did n't seem too alarmed. They just saw an interesting cloud formation. It almost looked like a block of cheese, with a few holes. However, the crew really knew what was going on. 
 
 Diane had only seen this one time before, and she thought it was a training exercise back then -- maybe even a practical joke. She was a young attendant a few years after college, and had logged only a few hundred hours of flight time by that time. It was a flight from Florida headed to Brazil, and she saw the same odd cloud formation. Back then, the captain was not on the speaker, but rang the attendants directly. 
 
 That one experience had prepared her for today. She looked at her other crew mates. One was Michael, an older flight attendant who has been through this a few times in his lifetime. The other was Jill. She was just a trainee, and Diane was tasked with breaking the news to her. 
 
 `` What's happening, Diane?'' Jill's long blond hair was a little messed up from her twirling it out of nervousness. Diane could hear the slight distress in her voice. 
 
 Diane looked at Mike who was on the phone with the cabin. He was already initiating the protocol for this. She looked back at Jill who stared at her with glassy eyes. 
 
 `` Jill, I'm going to make this very simple for you. Your task right now is to keep all the passengers calm. Make sure it looks like nothing is wrong.'' Diane said in even steady tones. 
 
 `` What? But the instrumentation does n't show anything wrong?'' Jill tried to frantically understand the situation. 
 
 Diane's eyes lowered a bit, like a mother looking at a child. `` Honey, trust me on this. The less you know, the better. Once we get through this -- and we will -- I'll let you know what is going on.'' 
 
 Mike hung up the phone, nodded at Diane and started walking slowly down the aisle. Almost as if he was ready to take drink service, but without the cart. He looked out the windows, stopping at times to make small talk with passengers. 
 
 Diane did the same, but this time on the opposite side of the cabin. She scanned the skies, always looking toward the horizon. 
 
 After an hour, Mike wrote something down on a piece of paper and nodded to Diane. Pulling Jill aside, Diane whispered into her ear. 
 
 `` We're ok now. Mike is making the call to the pilots.'' Diane smiled, hoping it would be comforting. She continued, `` there might be some slight bumps, but we'll be ok.'' 
 
 `` What just happened?'' Jill almost sounded angry, trying to understand what just happened. 
 
 `` Honey, `` Diane smiled, `` we just came out of the Bermuda Triangle.''
