Turbulence Tosses Jet; 25 Passengers Injured
From Associated Press
ATLANTA —
A Delta Air Lines L-1011 jumbo jet hit turbulence Friday and those people not wearing seat belts “were flying through the air,” a passenger said. Twenty-five were taken to hospitals, including one person with broken ribs.
“The kids were screaming and the food was flying and the people were flying,” said Brenda Chevalier of Seattle, who was treated for a sprained back at South Fulton Hospital.
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