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Severe turbulence forces Delta A330 to make emergency landing, 25 injured

Salt Lake City-to-Amsterdam flight landed in Minneapolis and injured passengers were taken to the hospital

At least 25 people were injured in a severe case of turbulence that forced a Delta Air Lines jet flying to Amsterdam into an emergency landing in Minneapolis, the airline said in a statement. The flight had taken off from Salt Lake City in Utah but landed at the Minneapolis–Saint Paul international airport after “significant turbulence” struck. “We can expect a doubling or tripling in the amount of severe turbulence around the world in the next few decades,” Paul Williams, an atmospheric scientist at the University of Reading, told the BBC.

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