A terrifying turbulence incident aboard a La Guardia-bound American Airlines flight yesterday sent a passenger and two flight attendants to the hospital, authorities said.
Flight 1754 was at 37,000 feet over North Carolina on its way from Miami to New York when it encountered turbulence in the massive storm system that hammered the East Coast.
It was unclear how much altitude the Boeing 737 lost during the incident. One of the pilots radioed to air controllers that “nine or 10” people suffered minor injuries
After the plane arrived at La Guardia at about 11:30 a.m., three of the injured were taken to a local hospital, the airline said. Their conditions were not known.
The Federal Aviation Administration is investigating the incident.