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Turbulence Injures Passengers On Flight To Miami
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Published: October 10, 2008
MIAMI - Paramedics at Miami International Airport are treating several passengers who complained of bumps and bruises due to turbulence on a flight from Argentina.
Miami-Dade County Fire Rescue spokesman Arnold Piedrahita says some patients were taken to the hospital Friday morning, at least one on a stretcher. He couldn't say how many passengers are being treated.
Airport spokesman Marc Henderson says 227 passengers and crew were on American Airlines Flight 908, which arrived from Buenos Aires before 7 a.m.
A message has been left with the airline.
American flight attendants were scheduled to picket at the airport Friday morning to protest poor working conditions.
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