United Airlines Passengers Hospitalized After Flight Incident; Another United Flight Forced To Land With Engine Trouble

 Two United Airlines planes were forced to land late this week over incidents that occurred during their flights.

At least seven passengers on United Airlines Flight 85 from Tel Aviv to Newark were hospitalized for injuries they sustained after the plane hit unexpected turbulence just moments before landing.

The 11-hour flight was cleared to land at Newark International Airport in New Jersey and was only 750 feet above the ground when pilots decided that they were going to abort the landing because they experienced “wind shear,” which ABC 7 New York describes as “a sudden change in wind direction.”

The flight was diverted to Stewart International Airport, where emergency crews were standing by the render assistance once the plane landed.

“Oh, it was really like Six Flags,” said passenger Roi Gonen. “My heart just jumped a couple times. I was texting my wife just in case. Two seats behind me I saw a woman vomiting.”

The injured passengers were taken to Montefiore St. Luke’s Cornwall, according to New Windsor EMS.

“We had 320 people on the plane,” said Michael Bigg of New Windsor EMS. “We evaluated about 30 people and we transported seven to a local hospital just for observation, no major injuries or ailments but most people want to get checked out at the emergency room.”

A separate United Airlines Boeing 777-200 flight from San Francisco to Paris was forced to land at Denver International Airport on Thursday night after suffering engine problems with one of the plane’s two engines.

 

United Airlines has faced numerous negative headlines this month over incidents that have occurred during flights, including a tire falling off of a plane and crushing cars in a parking lot, a plane losing an external panel while it was in the air, a plane sliding off the runway, a plane forced to make an emergency landing after suffering a hydraulic failure, and more.