An American Airlines flight bound for London was forced to land after severe turbulence injured two flight attendants. American Airlines Flight 174 took off from Raleigh-Durham International Airport in North Carolina just after 9 p.m. on Wednesday. The Boeing 777-200 was headed for London Heathrow when, less than an hour after takeoff, it turned toward New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport. “We have two flight attendants injured due to turbulence,” the pilot said in audio obtained by ATC.com, adding that there were 239 “souls on board” and that the aircraft would need to make an overweight landing because it had not burned enough fuel. The Federal Aviation Administration said Flight 174 landed safely at about 11 p.m. The agency said it is investigating the incident. The FAA’s preliminary accident and incident notification confirmed that two flight attendants were injured. Their conditions were not immediately released.
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