Twenty-five people aboard a Delta Air Lines flight were hospitalized after the flight encountered "significant" turbulence Wednesday, the airline said.

Twenty-five people were taken to hospital after a Delta Airlines flight was hit with extreme turbulence. The Airbus A330-900, travelling from Salt Lake City to Amsterdam, was forced to divert, landing at Minneapolis-St Paul International Airport.

At least two dozen people were taken to hospitals after a Delta Air Lines Inc. flight hit severe turbulence that forced it to make an emergency landing in Minneapolis. Delta Flight 56 was less than an hour into its nine-hour flight from Salt Lake City to Amsterdam when the pilots encountered “significant turbulence,