Turbulence forces Delta flight to land and sends 25 passengers to hospitals, airline says

A Delta Air Lines flight from Salt Lake City to Amsterdam was hit by serious turbulence sending passengers to hospitals and forcing the flight to divert to Minneapolis-St Paul International Airport the airline mentioned The Airbus A - which can seat over people landed around p m Wednesday The airport fire department and paramedics met the flight The passengers were taken to hospitals for evaluation and rehabilitation the airline explained One customer mentioned people who weren t wearing seat belts were thrown about the cabin They hit the ceiling and then they fell to the ground Leann Clement-Nash recounted ABC News And the carts also hit the ceiling and fell to the ground and people were injured It happened several times so it was really scary Delta explained in a announcement We are grateful for the advocacy of all emergency responders involved Serious injuries from in-flight turbulence are rare but scientists say they may be becoming more common as context change alters the jet stream A man was killed when a Singapore Airlines flight hit severe turbulence in May the first person to die from turbulence on a major airline in several decades