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DENVER (Reuters) – A wide-body United Airlines jet shaken by severe turbulence was diverted on Tuesday to Denver International Airport with at least 25 people injured on board, officials said.
United Flight 967 hit the turbulence over Kansas after taking off from Dulles International Airport outside Washington, D.C., en route to Los Angeles, Federal Aviation Administration and airline officials said.
"There were storms in the area," United spokeswoman Jean Medina told Reuters.
The flight crew "immediately diverted the aircraft to Denver to get medical attention as quickly as possible for those who are injured," she said.
Medina said 255 passengers and 10 crew members were on board the plane, a twin-engine Boeing 777.
Eric Tade, a spokesman for the Denver Fire Department, said the plane landed safety shortly after 7 p.m. local time and that about 30 people were injured, one of them seriously.
Medina said she knew of 25 people taken to hospital but did not know the nature and extent of their injuries.
The plane was not damaged by the turbulence, officials said.
(Reporting by Keith Coffman in Denver; Additional reporting and writing by Steve Gorman; Editing by Peter Bohan and John O'Callaghan)

QuietSpike

look at the flightaware track... conveniently missing!!

Massive storms over kansas, where the turbulence occured...

wonder if the track that we can't see goes right thru the "red".

Fly Gal

There was alot going on through there today. Lets just hope everyone is ok.

80ktsClamp

You know as well as I do how horribly inaccurate flightaware can be.

I've "flown" through the red on flight aware numerous times and had a perfectly smooth flight that was clear of clouds.

KC10 FATboy

It amazes me how many people do not wear seatbelts.

FlyJSH

It is probably the communists that deleted the track

Every shower, even the light ones end up being RED when they are three miles off the nose.

Do YOU keep to the recommended 20 mile distance from every storm? Somehow I doubt it since there are days when following that rule means one must stay on the ground... for a week.

Why not give the pilots a break, assume they did the best they could, and let it go?

QuietSpike

Wow... where did you get that I am all over the pilots in my post??

Every shower does not turn up red on my radar, regardless of distance... maybe turn your gain down!

Flightaware routinely is missing data on flights-- so was just making a joke about it "conveniently" missing!! Kinda like your communist joke!! I think global warming caused the turbulence!!! Also, flightaware may be accurate that you flew through "red" on the track, but you could have been above the precip... and absolutely no effect on you (as someone else said). Would still like to see the track, though!

However, this is the 3rd United flight in the past 6 months to have heavy turb and injuries... just lucky I guess.

-spike

Pielut

Totally agree, I just don't get it. I was on a flight from SEA to ATL last week and we were in some moderate turbulence and people were ignoring the Captain (who made a pretty stern announcement to sit down immediately) and walking up and down the aisle. I was just waiting to see someone to do a face plant on the ceiling. Wear your freaking seatbelt and you won't get hurt.

wmuflyboy

you know someone is gonna sue and it will turn into trying to make the public believe it was the pilots fault.

AirHun

Here is a link to a CNN article.


United flight hits turbulence, leaving 21 injured - CNN.com