Five people taken to hospital after Delta flight hits turbulence
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Posted 10:43AM on Sunday, April 21, 2002
HEBRON, KENTUCKY - Five people on a Delta Air Lines flight were taken to a hospital with minor injuries after the plane ran into turbulence Saturday while passing through a thunderstorm on its way from Los Angeles to Cincinnati, an airport spokesman said. <br>
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Four passengers and a crew member were taken to St. Luke Hospital West in nearby Florence, Ky., said Ted Bushelman, a spokesman for the Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport. <br>
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All five people were released Saturday night after being treated for minor injuries, nursing supervisor Kathy Ealy said. <br>
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Flight 810 from Los Angeles was over Missouri when it hit the turbulence, Delta spokeswoman Jenny Dervin said. <br>
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The flight, a direct one from Los Angeles to Cincinnati, landed at 5:53 p.m., Dervin said. The Boeing 7575 carried 130 people, including nine crew members.