Overview
- On July 30, 2025, Delta Flight 56 from Salt Lake City to Amsterdam hit violent turbulence that injured dozens of passengers and crew and forced a diversion to Minneapolis–St. Paul.
- Twenty passengers filed a complaint in Salt Lake County, Utah, alleging the airline ignored repeated weather warnings, failed to illuminate the seatbelt sign, and kept cabin service running before the event.
- The lawsuit says the flight crew had access to National Weather Service forecasts, SIGMET alerts, predictive turbulence data, Delta meteorologists and the pilots' Electronic Flight Bag, and that air traffic control offered route deviations.
- Plaintiffs claim the pilots did not declare an emergency and flew about 90 more minutes to Minneapolis instead of landing sooner, an action the complaint says increased harm and was driven by cost concerns; Delta declined to comment on active litigation and the NTSB investigation continues.
- The case seeks damages under the Montreal Convention and highlights long-term human impacts reported by plaintiffs, including broken bones, concussions, spinal trauma and lasting psychological distress that may shape liability and airline safety scrutiny.