Two people were injured when a Southwest Airlines flight experienced severe turbulence on Wednesday morning and had to make an emergency landing in Tampa, according to a spokesperson for Tampa International Airport.
Two people were injured when a Southwest Airlines flight encountered severe turbulence on Wednesday morning and had to make an emergency landing in Tampa, Florida, according to a spokesperson for Tampa International Airport. Southwest Flight 4273 was traveling from New Orleans to Orlando when the captain declared an emergency after experiencing turbulence aboard the Boeing 737 jet, the airline said in a statement.
“The Captain declared an emergency, a requirement to deviate from a filed flight plan, and also requested that paramedics be available when the aircraft arrived to assess any potential injury,” the statement said. A passenger and a flight attendant were transported to a Tampa area medical facility, the airline added. The Federal Aviation Administration is investigating the incident, a spokesperson told CNN.
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