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

Severe turbulence forced a SkyWest flight that originated from Springfield, Missouri, to divert to Waco, Texas, Sunday night, injuring five people.

A SkyWest flight from Missouri to Texas made an unscheduled landing due to turbulence, resulting in five passengers hospitalized with non-critical injuries.

According to KXXV, United Airlines Flight 5690, operated by SkyWest Airlines, was traveling from Springfield, Missouri to Houston when it diverted to Waco Regional Airport in Waco, Texas due to severe turbulence.

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

Five passengers on a SkyWest airlines flight diverted to Waco by weather received minor injuries Sunday. A SkyWest statement said SkyWest Flight 5690, operating as United Express from Springfield, Missouri to Houston landed safely at Waco Regional Airport Sunday after experiencing turbulence.

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.

Five people were injured aboard a plane bound for Houston late Sunday after heavy turbulence forced the flight to make an early landing in Waco, officials said.

Several flights were diverted to an airport in the city of Waco in central Texas after being buffeted by turbulence stemming from a nearby storm system late Sunday.

A United Airlines flight traveling from Springfield, Missouri, to Houston, Texas, was diverted to Waco Regional Airport after experiencing severe turbulence.

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

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.