A Qatar Airways plane made an emergency landing at a Portuguese military base in the Azores islands, getting into a strong turbulence and injuring some passengers, The National reported.
The Boeing 777, heading from Washington to Doha, was re-routed due to a storm.
According to witnesses, several people onboard had "suffered light injuries and one had a cardiac complaint during the turbulence”.
All the passengers were taken to a hotel in the evening and are due to depart on Monday morning. Three passengers were hospitalized.