Stewardess, can you find my glass eye?

Cabin crew are used to dealing with unusual requests from travellers - but a plea to find a passenger's missing glass eye was the last thing they expected at 35,000 feet.

The incident was one of a host of bizarre experiences which came to light in a survey of the strangest requests made to Virgin Atlantic's 3,000 cabin crew.

The gentleman in question had fallen asleep on a trip to Nairobi, but awoke to find his false eye was missing. Sadly, it was never found.

Then there was the passenger on a trip to Los Angeles who asked whether she could have a cup of tea and a massage for her Barbie doll.

The most common bizarre questions were "please can you open a window?" and "can you show me to the showers?".

On a trip to Orlando a passenger was aggrieved when told there was no McDonald's on board.

The list of oddball requests also included "please take my children to the playroom" and "the engines are too noisy, please turn them down".