Severe weather causes two injuries from flight turbulence

 

(CNN) winter weather caused injuries aboard an American Airlines flight, the cancellation of a college football bowl game, and general havoc across the south and western US on Wednesday.

Two passengers were injured aboard an American Airlines flight on Wednesday night as weather in the Dallas-Fort Worth area created turbulence on board. The flight, operated by Mesa Airlines, was diverted to Austin, Texas due to the weather and landed safely at 5:39 p.m. local time, American Airlines spokesman Ross Feinstein said.

 

 

Upon arrival, a few passengers and crew requested medical attention, Feinstein said. One passenger and one flight attendant were transported to a hospital with non-life-threatening injuries of knee pain and neck pain, he said. 

 

 

Both were released on Wednesday night. There was no damage to the aircraft.

The major winter storm created near blizzard conditions in the north and severe storms and flooding in the south. The website Poweroutage.us is reporting more than 65,000 customers are without power in the state of Texas on Thursday morning. 

 

 

More than eight million people were under winter weather alerts from the Upper Midwest down to New Mexico, according to CNN meteorologist Haley Brink. 

 

Severe storms with the threat of damaging winds and tornadoes will continue throughout the evening and overnight hours -- beginning in Texas and heading east into Louisiana, Arkansas, Mississippi and Tennessee into the early morning hours.

 

 

Holiday travel by road and air will be hampered by icy roads and limited visibility in the north, and wet roads with severe storms in the south. More than 5,000 flights within, into or out of the US were delayed, according to FlightAware.

 

 

Folks traveling through the Plains and Midwest will need to be extra cautious as roads throughout the region will remain hazardous into Friday.

 

 

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