United Flight FORCED To Land, Passengers Hospitalized

How many incidents are we going to witness at United Airlines before people stop flying United?

United Airlines flight 85 from Tel Aviv to New York was supposed to be yet another routine flight, until ‘severe turbulence’ forced the plane to make an emergency landing in Orange County, New York.

Six of the passengers were transported to the hospital mostly for motion sickness.

However, one passenger is reported to have been hospitalized for a ‘medical incident’ following the incredibly turbulent flight.

I understand that turbulence is something endemic to air flight and that this could have happened to any airline. That being said, why is that airline once again United Airlines? Why is the plane in question a Boeing aircraft?

Here are the latest reports on the incident:

A United flight from Tel Aviv to Newark – making an unscheduled stop – diverting to Orange County, New York. @lipoftv on the severe turbulence it encountered as airports across the country are packed with passengers. https://t.co/iwKm60jJBz pic.twitter.com/xB1eeOa3bq

— World News Tonight (@ABCWorldNews) March 31, 2024

Crazy flight path for United Flight 85 with aborted attempt at EWR and eventually landing at SWF after turbulence injures multiple passengers #newark #stewart #TelAviv pic.twitter.com/liGCCtf86e

— streebs ☮️ (@streebs) March 30, 2024

The New York Post confirmed:

United said the plane, carrying more than 300 passengers, diverted to the New York airport “after reported high winds at Newark.”

According to Nick Sortor: “This comes just a couple weeks after extreme turbulence injured **50** people on another Boeing 787.”

🚨 JUST IN: A United Airlines Boeing 787 made an emergency landing at Stewart Airport in New York after DOZENS of passengers were injured by “extreme turbulence”

Flight 85 was en route from Tel Aviv to Newark with 312 souls on board, and was met on the runway by emergency… pic.twitter.com/hr05iWHFD8

— Nick Sortor (@nicksortor) March 30, 2024

7 passengers were injured when United Airlines Flight 85 from Tel Aviv to Newark experienced several minutes of severe turbulence due to a sudden change in wind direction. The flight was diverted to Stewart International Airport pic.twitter.com/WTS5To3bvS

— BreakinNewz (@BreakinNewz01) March 31, 2024

NBC News detailed the symptoms experienced by the hospitalized passengers:

Complaints included nausea, motion sickness and chest pain from the turbulence, Bigg said.

There were 319 people on the Boeing 787, he said.