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Your Amsterdam flight made an emergency landing here. 25 hurt.

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Your Amsterdam flight made an emergency landing here

So here's the thing—you ever wonder what happens when a plane hits some serious chop? Walaahi, it's not always just spilled coffee and a few bumps. We had a Delta flight from Amsterdam, headed for Detroit, that had to make an emergency landing right here at MSP after some truly brutal turbulence. Twenty-five people ended up in the hospital, and it makes you think about all those times you just wanted to get home from a long trip.

### What This Means for Minneapolis

It's a reminder of how quickly things can go sideways, even thousands of feet up. MSP is one of the busiest airports in the country, and when something like this happens, it shows the incredible professionalism of our first responders and airport staff. They had to mobilize fast, and from what I hear, they handled it with that quiet efficiency Minnesotans are known for.

* Twenty-five passengers and crew were hospitalized with injuries.

* The flight was diverted to Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport.

* First responders were on standby and quickly transported the injured to local hospitals.

It really puts into perspective what our emergency services deal with on the regular, whether it's out near Fort Snelling or right here in the city. Ope, that's the real Minneapolis — stay warm out there.

You betcha, the morning show gang talks about this kinda thing every day, catch 'em live over at mornings.live.

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