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A plane bound for Houston landed in Waco on Sunday, as a result of turbulence that sent five people to the hospital.
United Airlines flight 5690, operated by SkyWest on a CRJ-200, left Springfield, Missouri, just before 5 p.m. and landed in Waco just before 6:30 p.m., according to flight tracking website FlightAware.
"Medical personnel met and evaluated passengers, and five passengers were transported to the hospital with minor injuries," SkyWest said in a statement to Fox News Digital. "SkyWest and United are making sure all customers get the care they need and dispatched another aircraft to fly the customers from Waco to Houston."
The turbulence was a result of strong storms in the Dallas-Fort Worth area, FOX 26 Houston reported. The local TV station added that the plane had 31 people onboard, 28 of them passengers.
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A United Express jet (Bombardier CRJ 200ER) arrives at the gate at Denver International Airport in Denver, Colo., on Jan. 19, 2014. (Robert Alexander)
Media outlets in Waco reported that multiple flights had to be diverted to the central Texas city on Sunday as a result of weather-induced turbulence.
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Passengers check in for United Airlines flights at O'Hare International Airport on January 23, 2024 in Chicago, Illinois. United Airlines referred comment about the flight impacted by turbulence to operator SkyWest. (Scott Olson)
In this photo illustration the SkyWest Airlines logo is seen displayed on a smartphone. (Photo Illustration by Igor Golovniov/SOPA Images/LightRocket)
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Waco is 90 miles north of the state capital city of Austin and 90 miles south of Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport.
