A Delta Air Lines Airbus A330-900 operating Flight DL56 from Salt Lake City to Amsterdam was diverted to Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport on Wednesday evening after the aircraft encountered what the carrier described as “significant turbulence” roughly 40 minutes into the flight. Medical teams met the jet on arrival at about 7:45 p.m. local time and transported 25 of the 288 people on board—including 275 passengers and 13 crew—to area hospitals for evaluation and care. Delta did not report any life-threatening injuries. Flight-tracking data from Flightradar24 show the aircraft briefly climbed from about 36,950 feet to 38,000 feet before descending to near 35,800 feet within a minute while flying over Wyoming. The Federal Aviation Administration said it will investigate the incident. The event follows a June 22 episode in which five people were hospitalized after American Airlines Flight 1286 from Miami to Raleigh-Durham hit unexpected turbulence. Aviation safety analysts say such occurrences, while still rare, have prompted airlines to reinforce seat-belt advisories and review crew procedures.
Twenty-five people flying onboard a Delta Airlines flight were taken to hospital Wednesday after their plane faced “significant turbulence.” https://t.co/l93Q4NvWuc https://t.co/l93Q4NvWuc
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