tom costello is joining us from washington. tom, what happened here? where was this flight going to that people weren t buckled in their seats? united airlines 777 headed from washington dulles out to lax. and this was severe turbulence at about 34,000 feet somewhere over kansas, we believe. and immediately the reports hit the cockpit with multiple injuries in the back, in the cabin itself, and included in that were apparently several flight attendants, four flight attendants on duty were injured. they decided they had to divert on a medical emergency basis and went to denver international airport and met by firefighters and paramedics on the ground to transport the patients to several area hospitals in denver, including denver health medical, swedish medical center, the university of colorado med center. all the patients were treated. for the most part, these were described as moderate injuries, quote/unquote, walking injuries. we are talking about strains and sprains as well as w
we said. met by paramedices and firefighters. in all, 30 injured, one critical. once some passengers finally made it to l.a., they talked about their ordeal. the bottom fell out. people hit the ceiling. it felt like i had gone down an elevator shaft and hit the bottom. the lady next to me went up five feet and broke the light. the most part it s walking injuries, whip lash and the first look at the plane finds no obvious signs of damage and both the nstb is investigating and this is a good reminder why we re all told to wear our se seatbelts even when you re told to get up and move around the cabin. these things can come up unexpectedly. back to you. buckle up, tom custelo, thanks so much, we appreciate it.