Heavy turbulence injures dozens of people during flight to NYC from Istanbul

 Heavy turbulence injures dozens of people during flight to NYC from Istanbul

In this still photo taken in NYC,emergency medical personnel tend to an injured passenger from a Turkish Airlines flight at New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport on Saturday March 9,2019.

At least 29 people were injured during a turbulent flight from Istanbul to New York’s Kennedy Airport on Saturday afternoon, according to the New York Fire Department.

Steve Coleman, spokesman of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, said most everyone on board went to the hospital with bumps, bruises and cuts after the plane landed Saturday at 5:35 p.m. ET. A flight attendant suffered a broken leg, he said.

Initially, the New York Fire Department tweeted that emergency personnel were treating 32 passengers with non-life-threatening injuries at JFK airport.

An hour later, the FDNY confirmed the total number of patients treated at JFK Airport decreased to 29 people.