AT least 25 people were injured when a Delta Air Lines flight to Amsterdam made an emergency landing after experiencing violent turbulence.
The flight with 275 passengers and 13 crew members on board was forced to divert to Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport.
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The airlines said that 25 of those injured were rushed to the hospital “for evaluation and care.”
The Airbus A33-900 took off from Salt Lake City, Utah and was headed to Europe.
But shortly after taking off, the plane is said to have experienced major turbulence that forced the pilots to axe the flight and return to the ground.
Footage showed emergency responders arriving at the tarmac to take those injured to the hospital.
A spokesman said: “Delta flight DL56 – flying from Salt Lake City to Amsterdam – diverted to Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport on Wednesday after the flight encountered significant turbulence while en route.
“The aircraft, an Airbus A330-900, landed safely at MSP, and 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.
“We are grateful for the support of all emergency responders involved. Safety is our number one value at Delta, and our Delta Care Team is working directly with customers to support their immediate needs.”
It comes as another Delta Air Lines flight packed with 150 passengers narrowly avoided a runway disaster after another plane nearly landed right on top of it just before takeoff.
The flight was forced to abort takeoff seconds before the other plane landed directly in front of it.
Delta Flight 590 was rolling out of Aeropuerto Internacional Benito Juárez in Mexico City to Atlanta when AeroMéxico Connect flight 1631 flew over the plane less than 200 feet away on Monday.
As the flight was preparing for takeoff, the crew saw another plane landing on the same runway, CNN reported.
The jet then landed in front of the Delta flight.
After the near-crash, the plane turned back around to the terminal.
The near-crash comes after months of frightening flight incidents popping up across the globe.
In January, an American Airlines jet collided with an Army helicopter in Washington, D.C., killing everyone on board.
US on edge over ‘cluster’ of plane crashes
A SERIES of devastating plane crashes, including the mid-air collision above DC that killed 67, has left Americans terrified of traveling by air.
However, aviation expert and attorney Jason Matzus told The U.S. Sun the crashes can be attributed to “random clustering.”
“While these events are tragic, the likely explanation is simply ‘random clustering,’ which occurs when multiple crashes occur over a short period, warping our general perception and causing us to think that there is an increasing trend in plane crashes,” Matzus said.
“When in reality these crashes, despite being so close together, are merely coincidental and not caused by a systemic safety issue.”
The short period Matzus referred to was just a matter of three weeks. The aviation mishaps included:
January 29 – A military helicopter and American Airlines plane collided at the Washington DC airport, killing 67 people
January 31 – An air ambulance carrying a 6-year-old girl and her mom crashed on a street in Philadelphia, killing seven people in total
February 5 – A Japan Airlines flight hit a parked Delta plane at Seattle SeaTac Airport and no one was injured
February 6 – A small commuter plane on its way to Nome, Alaska, crashed killing all 10 people on board
February 10 – Motley Crue singer Vince Neil’s private jet collided with another plane, killing the pilot and injuring four others
February 17 – A Delta plane crashed on the runway at Toronto Pearson International Airport, miraculously killing no one but injuring 21
February 19 – Two planes collided at Marana Airport in Arizona, killing two people
February 24 – Smoke filled a Delta Airlines flight cabin forcing passengers to evacuate by a slide after making an emergency landing in Atlanta
March 9 – A Beechcraft Bonanza aircraft crashed into a retirement village parking lot in Manheim, Pennsylvania
March 13 – An American Airlines jet engine erupted into flames at the Denver airport, forcing passengers to escape onto the plane’s wing
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