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25 hospitalized after Delta SLC flight is hit by strong turbulence

Flight DL56 was carrying 275 passengers and 13 crew members and was met by medical personnel upon landing, the airline said.

(Damian Dovarganes | AP) A Delta Air Lines Airbus A350-900 taxies at Los Angeles International Airport on Monday, Aug. 12, 2024 in Los Angeles.

(Damian Dovarganes | AP) A Delta Air Lines Airbus A350-900 taxies at Los Angeles International Airport on Monday, Aug. 12, 2024 in Los Angeles.

Twenty-five people aboard a Delta Air Lines flight were hospitalized on Wednesday evening after the plane, which was flying from Salt Lake City to Amsterdam, experienced strong turbulence that forced it to make an emergency landing in Minnesota.

Flight DL56 was diverted to Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport after experiencing “significant turbulence,” Delta said in a statement. It was carrying 275 passengers and 13 crew members and was met by medical personnel upon landing, the airline said.

The Airbus A330-900 landed at about 7:45 p.m. Central time, said Jeff Lea, a spokesperson for the airport, adding that people had been injured by the turbulence.

It had left Salt Lake City at about 5:30 p.m. Central time, according to the flight tracking website FlightAware, landing just over two hours into its scheduled eight-hour journey.

The airport’s fire department and paramedics provided medical attention to passengers after the flight landed, Lea said in an email.

Delta said that 25 people on the flight had been taken to local hospitals. The airline did not respond to questions about the nature of the turbulence or the condition of the hospitalized patients.

This article originally appeared in The New York Times.

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