good evening. we begin with the flightening morning for passengers on that plane flying 30,000 feet when they were hit by turbulence so extreme, it forced the united flight to make an emergency landing. passengers sent to the hospital. hit be a routine flight, they were flying through clear air and suddenly, the air shifted. and jim avila tells us what happened next. reporter: thousands of feet above the ground a volt that injured five and two flight attendance when the plane hit sudden turbulence. the tampa to houston flight was nearing approach to lake charles, louisiana, and it hit bumpty air from the storms of yesterday. when you hit a very large up dlaft is dangerous, you can get everybody thrown into the air that is not strapped down. the pilot had to declare an emergency. at least three were transported to the hospital. the faa says already this year, with today s incident, a total of 12 passengers and crew have been hurt by turbulence. that is as many as were hu
good evening. we begin with the flightening morning for passengers on that plane flying 30,000 feet when they were hit by turbulence so extreme, it forced the united flight to make an emergency landing. passengers sent to the hospital. hit be a routine flight, they were flying through clear air and suddenly, the air shifted. and jim avila tells us what happened next. reporter: thousands of feet above the ground a volt that injured five and two flight attendance when the plane hit sudden turbulence. the tampa to houston flight was nearing approach to lake charles, louisiana, and it hit bumpty air from the storms of yesterday. when you hit a very large up dlaft is dangerous, you can get everybody thrown into the air that is not strapped down. the pilot had to declare an emergency. at least three were transported to the hospital. the faa says already this year, with today s incident, a total of 12 passengers and crew have been hurt by turbulence. that is as many as were hu