Two American Airlines flight attendants were injured in turbulence during a flight from O’Hare International Airport, a spokesperson for the airline said.
The plane took off at 7 p.m. and was headed to Manchester, England, but it had to return and make an emergency landing at 8 p.m. after encountering "serious turbulence," according to the spokesperson. A total of 77 people were aboard the plane.
The Chicago Fire Deparment transported two females, a 51-year-old and a 47-year-old, to Presence Resurrection Medical Center in good condition.
None of the passengers were harmed.
The flight has been cancelled for Wednesday and passengers will be compensated for the flight, the spokesperson said.
A passenger described what happened during the flight.
“In about 15 to 20 minutes into the flight we have hit some significant turbulence and ended up dropping quite a bit and kind of turning and dropping again and fortunately all the passengers had their seatbelts on,” passenger Tim Liu said.
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“The pilot announced that they had to turn the plane around and the emergency crew came to tend to the two injured flight attendants,” Liu added.
At least three other commercial aircrafts in the area just east of Chicago have reported turbulence, according to pilot reports.
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