A Delta Air Lines flight from Salt Lake City to Amsterdam was hit by serious turbulence, sending 25 people on board to hospitals and forcing the flight to divert to Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport, the airline said.
The Airbus A330-900, carrying 275 customers and 13-member crew, landed around 7:45 p.m. Wednesday. The airport fire department and paramedics met the flight. The 25 were taken to hospitals for evaluation and treatment, the airline said.
By Thursday afternoon, Delta said that seven crew members were treated at hospitals and released. The airline also said some passengers were treated and released, but didn’t provide an exact number. It said it would operate a special flight Thursday evening from the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport to Amsterdam so customer