Three are injured in mid-air turbulence over Texas as Storm Eboni causes flight delays across the US – after warnings that FOUR MILLION people could be stranded in blizzards
A passenger and flight attendant were taken to hospital in Austin with injuries
Another person was treated on the scene after severe turbulence Wednesday
Flight was headed for Dallas but had to make an unscheduled stop in Austin
Footage posted on Twitter showed a thunderstorm from a different Texas plane
Four million people could be affected by travel disruption from Storm Eboni
By GEORGE MARTIN
DAILYMAIL.COM
27 December 2018
Three airplane passengers were injured in the air over Texas on Wednesday as Storm Eboni caused treacherous flying conditions across the US.
The Dallas-bound American Airlines flight managed to land safely at Austin-Bergstrom International Airport on Wednesday night, despite initial reports suggesting it had been damaged by ferocious winds.
A passenger and a flight attendant were hospitalized with complaints of knee pain and neck pain, and one other person was treated at the scene – a spokesperson for the airline revealed.
Storm Eboni is the first wave of heavy snow and rain expected to strike the US through the end of the holiday weekend.
The 75 passengers on board the flight, which was returning to the US from Mexico, stayed in a hotel in Austin on Wednesday night, to be transferred back to Dallas on Thursday.
Thousands of flights were grounded in Midwestern airports over Christmas due to heavy snowfall, with forecasters warning the worst is yet to come as the storm sweeps across the country.
Airlines are waiving ticket change fees for passengers due to fly to, from or through several airports in Minnesota, North Dakota and South Dakota.
Horrifying footage posted on Twitter by a passenger on another Texas-bound flight, Jen Vaughn, showed huge lightning storms turning the sky purple as she flew just hours after the American Airlines plane was forced to land in Austin.
Heavy snow and rainstorms from Storm Eboni are also predicted to create dangerous road conditions for millions of travelers heading out after Christmas.
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