A United Airlines plane.

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United Airlines said five people were taken to the hospital after "severe turbulence" on a flight. It told Insider two passengers and three crew were brought to the hospital with minor injuries. The flight was travelling from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil to Houston, Texas.

Five people were take to the hospital after extreme turbulence on a flight from Brazil to Houston, officials said.

United Airlines told Insider in a statement that two...

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