03-03-2025
Multiple flights diverted to Waco Regional Airport
Waco, TX (FOX 44) — Two American Airlines flights were diverted due to bad weather, and one Skywest Airlines flight, which is operated through a partnership with United Airlines, was diverted due to turbulence, leaving at least five injured.
Skywest flight 5690, operating as United Express from Springfield, Missouri to Houston, landed safely at Waco Regional Airport Sunday after experiencing turbulence.
'Roughly around the 6:30 p.m. timeframe, and made an emergency landing here in Waco, Texas, in order to deal with the potential injuries onboard the aircraft,' says Waco Regional Airport interim director of aviation Michael Reisman.
There were 29 passengers and three crewmembers onboard the CRJ200 aircraft. Medical personnel met and evaluated passengers following the flight, and five passengers were transported to the hospital with minor injuries.
'Waco Fire Department was on scene very quickly, because there was a fire station here at the airport,' Reisman said. 'City worker's emergency management department was activated very quickly after that. They were here very quickly, too. I don't know the exact time, but I believe that the folks were transported to the hospital and were transported very quickly.'
Since United doesn't operate out of Waco Regional Airport, Skywest and United arranged for an aircraft to be ferried last night for the passengers.
'That aircraft came in with additional personnel and supplies to help support the operation,' Reisman said. 'They reported all the passengers on the second aircraft and then departed out of here at about 1:30 this morning.'
The passengers who were injured during the flight were taken to Baylor Scott and White-Hillcrest, where they were treated with minor injuries and released last night, making it to Houston.
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