11 Hospitalized After Severe Turbulence Over Atlanta

Atlanta’s NBC affiliate reports:

Eleven people were hospitalized after a Delta flight landed at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, the airline said.

A flight from Milan, Italy to Atlanta “experienced severe turbulence” just before landing in Atlanta. According to records on FlightAware, the flight landed just before 7 p.m. Tuesday.

Delta said the plane had 151 passengers and 14 crew aboard and that the airline provided accommodations to passengers and crew who were not injured. According to Delta, the 11 people injured were a mixture of both passengers and crew.

Read the full article.

Passengers and crew hospitalized after extreme turbulence on Delta flight from Milan, Italy to Atlanta tonight. Plane landed safely at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport. Live report at 11. @ATLNewsFirst https://t.co/6MW14iohsV

— Rick Folbaum (@RickFolbaum) August 30, 2023