A Turkish Airlines flight makes emergency landing at JFK: FAA

(NEW YORK) — A Turkish Airlines flight has landed safely at New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport after 29 passengers were injured when the plane encountered severe turblence, officials said.

The city’s Office of Emergency Management and the Federal Aviation Administration said the flight originated in Istanbul, Turkey.

“Turkish Airlines Flight 1, Boeing 777, landed safely at John F. Kennedy International Airport at 5:35 p.m. after declaring an emergency and reporting that several passengers were injured when the aircraft encountered turbulence,” the FAA said in a statement. 

Spokesman Steve Coleman of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey says 10 people were taken to a hospital after the plane landed Saturday at 5:35 p.m. One had a broken leg and others suffered bumps, bruises and cuts.

Coleman says most of the passengers were treated inside an airport terminal.

No other airport operations were affected, according to the spokesman.

The FDNY EMS is working with the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey on the scene, according to a tweet by the fire department.


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