After landing, medical personnel met and evaluated passengers. Five injured passengers were transported to the hospital.

After landing, medical personnel met and evaluated passengers. Five injured passengers were transported to the hospital.

SkyWest flight 5690, operating as a United Express flight out of Springfield, Missouri, was headed to the George Bush Intercontinental Airport on Sunday before the early landing, according to a statement from SkyWest.

A United Airlines flight from Springfield made an emergency landing on Sunday after experiencing turbulence injuring five passengers.

Five people had to be taken to the hospital after turbulence forced a flight from Springfield, Missouri to Houston to land in Waco.

A SkyWest flight from Missouri to Texas made an unscheduled landing due to turbulence, resulting in five passengers hospitalized with non-critical injuries.

Dangerous turbulence forced a United Express flight headed to Houston to make an emergency landing in Waco Sunday night, sending five people to the hospital.

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Five people were injured aboard a plane bound for Houston late Sunday after heavy turbulence forced the flight to make an early landing in Waco, officials said.

The plane, a SkyWest 5690 flight, departed at 16:50 from Springfield, Missouri, on Sunday and was due to arrive in Houston, Texas, later that evening. But the aircraft was forced to land in Waco Regional Airport after experiencing turbulence, said SkyWest Airlines.

HOUSTON — A flight from Springfield, Missouri to Houston was forced to make an emergency landing in Waco Sunday night due to turbulence. SkyWest flight 5690, operating as United Express ...