United Airlines' Boeing 787 diverted due to ‘high winds’, seven hospitalised

Posted on: 31 Mar, 01:11 AM

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At least six flyers were hospitalised after a United Airlines flight was diverted due to severe turbulence..

However, due to high winds and a passenger medical emergency, the plane was forced to land at New York Stewart International Airport...

A United Airlines' Beoing 737 flight bound for New Jersey was diverted to New York on Friday after severe turbulence(REUTERS) Why was United Airlines flight bound for New Jersey diverted to New York?..

United Airlines issued a statement on the incident, saying that one flyer was deplaned due to a medical emergency while a few other customers were seen by medical personnel for possible motion sickness..

New Windsor EMS Chief Michael Bigg said, On arrival, our first EMS unit on the scene was encountered by a flight crew who stated they hit severe turbulence while landing at Newark and were diverted New York International Airport and they advised our crew that they had multiple people on the plane complaining of nausea, some chest pain, from the turbulence..

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