Flight Diverted to Sioux Falls Due to Medical Emergency

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — A cross-country United Airlines flight made a stop in South Dakota because of a medical emergency.

Sioux Falls Regional Airport Executive Director Dan Letellier tells the Argus Leader that United Airlines Flight 260 was headed from Seattle to Washington, D.C., when it stopped in Sioux Falls just after 6:00 PM Wednesday.

The sick person was transported by ambulance to a hospital. The person's condition was not known.

The plane continued to Washington after about two hours.

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