In brief, a United Airlines 777 en-route from Dulles to Los Angeles, not exactly a small plane, was hit by such severe and sudden turbulence over Missouri, that over 20 people were injured, and one woman reported "jolted out of her seat so forcefully that she left a crack when she hit the side of the cabin."

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