MIAMI (WSVN) – Rescue crews took eight people to the hospital after a flight heading to New York City was diverted to Miami International Airport due to turbulence, officials said.
7News cameras captured paramedics with Miami-Dade Fire Rescue wheeling one of the victims into Jackson Memorial Hospital, early Friday morning.
In total, MDFR officials said, at least eight people were hurt.
MIA officials said the victims were on Avianca Flight 42, which was traveling from Medellín, Colombia to New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport, when it experienced turbulence, forcing an emergency landing at MIA at around 3:30 a.m..
According to air traffic control records and audio, it appears the turbulence occurred while the plane was traveling at around 34,000 feet in the air.
One of the victims appears to have been a flight attendant. Several other patients were seen loaded up onto ambulances with their luggage..
The extent of these victims’ injuries is unclear. Seven of the patients were transported to the main hospital, and one was taken to Ryder Trauma Center.
MIA officials said the Avianca flight was scheduled to take off for JFK with its remaining passengers at 8:15 a.m..
7News has reached out to MDFR for more information about the patients’ conditions.
Please check back on WSVN.com and 7News for more details on this developing story.
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