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Tipping Point contestant leaves viewers speechless after Richard Branson blunder
Tipping Point fans have been left baffled after a contestant suggested Virgin boss Richard Branson broke a world record for crossing for being the first person to cross the Atlantic ocean in a hand glider.In today's episode Oona was asked by host Ben Shephard what aerial mode of transport Branson and his partner Per Lindstrand used to make the first successful transatlantic crossing in July 1987?.She passed the question to fellow player Nkieru, who answered a "parasail" - but the correct answer was hot air balloon, Branson and Lindstrand crossing 3,075 miles of open water during their record breaking feat.Shephard aske Ooza what answer she would have given and she replied that a hand glider would have been one of her guesses - much to the astonishment of viewers who rushed to Twitter to rib her.One person said: "hang glider… 3000 miles, wow windy day."Another exclaimed: "A f***ing hang glider?!"A third wrote: "Crossing the Atlantic in a hand glider...ffs"A fourth added: "Oona though Richard Branson crossed the Atlantic Ocean on a handglider."Branson and Lindstrand set a distance record of 6,700 miles for their crossing.About 32 hours after they started their journey in Maine, U, on 2 July 1987 an, they touched down just outside Limavady, County Londonderry.This is a live TV story and is being constantly updated.
