A Delta Air Lines flight went from calm to chaos in an instant during dinner service, plunging into a terrifying nosedive that left 25 passengers hospitalized … making it one of the worst incidents of turbulence this year.
The Airbus A330-900 was en route to Amsterdam from Salt Lake City, Utah on Wednesday when turbulence hit hard … violently throwing service carts and unbelted passengers to the ceiling, before making an emergency landing in Minnesota.
🚨 Delta Flight DL56 (A330‑900) from Salt Lake City to Amsterdam hit intense turbulence midair, forcing an emergency landing in Minneapolis
—275 passengers, 13 crew
—25 hospitalized
—Food carts & passengers violently thrown
One of 2025’s worst turbulence cases#Alerta #earthquake pic.twitter.com/Gy9Gl6HATh— GlobeUpdate (@Globupdate) July 31, 2025
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Passenger Joseph Carbone told CNN he honestly thought the plane was going down, grabbed his wife’s hand, and braced for impact. When they landed safely, he kissed the ground.
He said it was pure chaos — stuff flying everywhere, and he even watched a flight attendant smash into the ceiling!
#BREAKING Video from MSP Airport Live stream shows the moment when Delta Airlines flight 56 landed at MSP after experiencing turbulence resulting in 25 passengers injured. pic.twitter.com/RxNWsImgDJ
— Tony Perez (@Tony_MNNews) July 31, 2025
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Fire trucks were on the tarmac as the plane landed at Minneapolis-Saint Paul International, with medical teams ready to take the affected passengers to the hospital for evaluation and care. Delta said most of the 25 passengers have since been released.
The flight hit some serious turbulence over southwestern Wyoming, an area federal aviation forecasters had warned about earlier in the day.
