American Airlines plane hit with 'unexpected turbulence,' 5 hospitalized

Five people aboard an American Airlines flight were hospitalized Sunday after the airline said the aircraft experienced "unexpected turbulence." 

American Airlines Flight 1286 was traveling from Miami to Raleigh-Durham in North Carolina when the plane hit turbulence, an American Airlines spokesperson told Fox News Digital in a statement.

The plane, an Airbus A321, landed safely at Raleigh-Durham International Airport at around 10:50 p.m. "after the crew reported possible injuries to cabin crew and passengers due to turbulence," the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said in a statement.

An airport spokesperson told Fox News Digital in a statement that RDU Fire Rescue, along with rescue personnel from Wake and Durham Counties, met the flight when it landed around 11:30 p.m. and rushed five individuals to a nearby hospital.

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