At least 22 injured after United Airlines plane makes emergency landing in New York after ‘extreme turbulence’

Twenty-two people were injured when a large passenger plane needed to make an emergency landing in New York State after “extreme turbulence”.

The United Airlines Boeing 787-10 Dreamliner from Tel Aviv in Israel was heading for Newark Airport on Friday but was forced to touch down 70 miles away at New York Stewart International Airport.

The plane is said to have encountered high winds which led to customers complaining of nausea and chest pains in the turbulence.

Upon landing, seven passengers were rushed to hospital and another 15 were treated on site for injuries, the Sun reported on Saturday. There were 312 on board.

United Airlines said: “On Friday, United flight 85 landed at Stewart International Airport (SWF) after reported high winds at Newark.

“One passenger deplaned due to a medical incident, and a few other customers were seen by medical personnel for possible motion sickness.

“The flight refuelled and continued to Newark.”

The plane, which was delayed leaving Israel, encountered the winds at about 6.30pm and an investigation into the incident is set to follow on.

 

A SHORTLIST of the top ten most congested roads in Essex has been revealed, with two notorious stretches near Colchester named and shamed.

Cromwell Trucks and Online Marketing Surgery have created their Road Delay Report, which helped rank roads in Essex based on delays and where people are waiting the most on their travels.

The road delays data comes from gov.uk, where it was split into motorway and major A roads, and local A roads.

 

It looks at how many seconds a vehicle is held up per mile travelled on average in 2023.

The A12 northbound, near the west Colchester junction comes in as the fourth worst road for congestion in Essex.

This road sees cars being delayed for, on average, 66.5 seconds per mile.

Another stretch of the A12 – northbound between the A120 near Colchester West and A1124 – comes in at eighth worst on the list.

This section sees cars being delayed for 44 seconds per mile on average.

List – here are the top ten Essex roads which have been named as the most congested

 

Drivers who use the A12 regularly were not shocked by the results and branded the roads “abysmal”.

One Gazette reader, who often uses the A12, said: “In past years of working in the south of the county and living just outside Colchester it has taken hours to get back when there have been problems.

“On one occasion I had to go through Boreham and through Ulting to get back to Tiptree.

“On another, I simply rang my partner and told him that I didn’t expect to ever get home.”