"Ladies and gentlemen, this is your captain speaking. We have a small problem. All four engines have stopped. We are doing our damnedest to get them going again. I trust you are not in too much distress."

Actual announcement from a BA 747 flight:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Airways_Flight_9

The very definition of "Keep Calm and Carry On"

Wow. You have to love the British...

"Quiet desperation is the English way..."[1]

[1] http://www.pink-floyd-lyrics.com/html/time-dark-lyrics.html

Classic Far Side comic [not my site]:

Edit for image leech removal. Not somewhere I can upload an image to my hosting, but google for "far side wings fall off" to view the comic - http://goo.gl/bnWsM4

"He's skiing (flying) on one ski (wing)!" - Better Off Dead