After landing, medical personnel met and evaluated passengers. Five injured passengers were transported to the hospital.

On Sunday, a United Airlines flight from Springfield, Missouri, to Houston, Texas, was diverted to Waco Regional Airport due to severe turbulence. Several other flights were diverted to Waco after being hit by turbulence generated by a nearby storm system late in the day.

After landing, medical personnel met and evaluated passengers. Five injured passengers were transported to the hospital.

SkyWest flight 5690 diverted to Waco due to severe turbulence, resulting in five passengers hospitalized with non-life-threatening injuries.

Houston-bound SkyWest flight 5690, operating as a United Express flight, was forced to land at Waco Regional Airport after experiencing turbulence on its way from Springfield, Missouri ...

SkyWest flight 5690, operating as a United Express flight out of Springfield, Missouri, was headed to the George Bush Intercontinental Airport on Sunday before the early landing, according to a statement from SkyWest.

The plane, a SkyWest 5690 flight, departed at 16:50 from Springfield, Missouri, on Sunday and was due to arrive in Houston, Texas, later that evening. But the aircraft was forced to land in Waco Regional Airport after experiencing turbulence, said SkyWest Airlines.

Five passengers onboard a United Airlines flight heading to Houston from Springfield, Missouri, were injured on Sunday, March 2, due to severe turbulence, according to local media reports.

HOUSTON — A flight from Springfield, Missouri to Houston was forced to make an emergency landing in Waco Sunday night due to turbulence. SkyWest flight 5690, operating as United Express ...