- Twenty Delta passengers are suing Delta Air Lines for severe turbulence injuries and other impacts from it.
- The lawsuit claims pilots ignored weather warnings, resulting in 2.5 minutes of chaos.
- Plaintiffs allege negligence and seek damages; NTSB is still investigating incident.
SALT LAKE CITY — Nearly two dozen passengers who were on a Delta Air Lines flight from Salt Lake City to Amsterdam last year are now suing the airline, asserting that pilots “recklessly flew” too close to thunderstorms, resulting in severe turbulence and multiple injuries.
The Aviation Law Group and Mortensen & Milne filed a lawsuit against the airline in Utah’s 3rd District Court late last week on behalf of 20 passengers of Delta Flight 56, which flew out of Salt Lake City International Airport for the Netherlands capital on July 30, 2025.
It encountered extreme turbulence that lasted 2 1/2 minutes over Wyoming, resulting in it being diverted to Minnesota, the National Transportation Safety Board wrote in a preliminary report released last year. Delta confirmed that 25 people on board the flight were transported to local hospitals after it landed…