25 People Aboard Delta Flight Hospitalized After Severe Turbulence

A Delta Air Lines flight from Salt Lake City to Amsterdam encountered severe turbulence at cruising altitude, causing the plane to suddenly drop about 2,000 feet.The turbulence was described as significant adn occurred around 37,000 feet before the plane ascended to 38,000 feet and then descended to about 35,800 feet.Onboard were 275 passengers and 13 crew members. The aircraft,an Airbus A330-900,was forced to make an emergency landing at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport, where medical personnel met the flight. Twenty-five people were hospitalized following the incident, with some passengers seriously injured from being thrown against the cabin interior and a service cart also causing injuries. Passengers reported no prior warning before the turbulence struck multiple times and praised the calm and professional response of the flight attendants. The Federal Aviation Administration is investigating the cause of the turbulence.


Twenty-five people on a Delta Air Lines flight went to Minneapolis-area hospitals Wednesday after the plane encountered turbulence.

The flight from Salt Lake City to Amsterdam experienced “significant” turbulence, the airline said.

The plane hit the turbulence at 37,000 feet, climbed to 38,000 feet, then dropped to about 35,800 feet, according to USA Today, citing data from the flight-tracking service Flightradar24.

Delta Flight 56, with 275 passengers and 13 crew members on board, landed at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport shortly before 8 p.m., according to ABC.

The airplane involved was an Airbus A33-900.

“Medical personnel met the flight upon arrival to evaluate customers and crew. Twenty-five of those on board were transported to local hospitals for evaluation and care,” the airline said, according to NBC.

“We are grateful for the support of all emergency responders involved.”

Leeann Nash, a passenger, said dinner service had started when chaos hit, according to ABC.

“There was actually no warning. It was a very abrupt, hard hit,” Nash said.

“If you didn’t have your seat belt on — everyone that didn’t — they hit the ceiling, and then they fell to the ground, and the carts also hit the ceiling and fell to the ground, and people were injured, and it happened several times, so it was really scary.”

“There were glass bottles flying around. And you know, those carts are very heavy, so we were fortunate that we had seat belts on at the time, but we still saw cellphones flying around quite a bit,” Nash added.

“But I will hand it to the flight attendants, they were incredibly calm, very well trained and very responsive.”

CBS reported that a passenger said three separate incidents of turbulence hit the plane.

The passenger reported being told by the pilot that he had not experienced that level of turbulence before Wednesday’s flight.

The airline did not release any information about the condition of the injured passengers. The Federal Aviation Administration is investigating the incident.




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