Pinnacle Airlines Flight 2871: Emergency Landing in Kentucky

by Amy Judd | August 4, 2009 at 04:56 pm

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Pinnacle Airlines Flight 2871 had to make an emergency landing in Louisville Kentucky, when the flight hit turbulence at 30,000 feet. A flight attendant and passenger were injured when the plane hit the storm.

Louisville has been encountering some bad weather lately, causing flash flooding and cutting power to most of the city.

The flight took off from Knoxville Tennessee at 4:25pm and was forced to land an hour later due to the storm. The flight attendant was taken to hospital with minor injuries.

Nathan Foster, meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Louisville, said weather could have been a factor in the turbulence.

"We've had severe weather throughout the entire area all the way down to the Tennessee border off and on the entire day," Foster said.