MINNEAPOLIS — Medics took 25 injured passengers off a Europe-bound Delta airliner that hit wicked turbulence and diverted to the Minneapolis airport for an emergency landing. The injured passengers were rushed to several hospital emergency rooms. In total there were 275 passengers and 13 crew aboard. Most were ambulatory and exited down emergency chutes to the tarmac at a MSP terminal gate. The plane, a wide-body Airbus 330-900, had departed Salt Lake City about 5:30 p.m. for a 10-hour-our flight to Amsterdam. At 6:43 the pilot reported severe turbulence and injuries. The scheduled flight path would have had the plane over northern Wyomig. The two-engine Airbus 330s typically cruise at 39,000 to 41,000 feet.
Airbus 330-900. Delta began flying these French-built state-of-the-art planes in 2019.