text: Two people on a Delta flight which made an emergency landing in Boston were hospitalized after extreme turbulence which was compared by one passenger to 'King Kong picking up the plane and shaking it'. Delta said 'a small number of customers' on Flight 271 from Paris to Newark Airport in New Jersey, complained of nausea and possible minor injuries and were checked out by emergency medical technicians. A Boston EMS spokeswoman said two people were taken to Massachusetts General Hospital with what are believed to be minor injuries after the unscheduled landing at Logan Airport in Boston. Scroll down for video . A Delta international flight from Paris, France to Newark, New Jersey was diverted to Boston on Wednesday afternoon because of extreme turbulence . Delta 271 flight from Paris to Newark had a turbulent time in the air before it made an emergency landing in Boston, the flight path revealed on Wednesday . During high winds, the plane was unable to land at Newark then attempted to land at JFK in New York but this also proved too difficult. Finally the pilot flew to Logan International in Boston. The airline said Flight 271 from Paris left Boston just after 6pm to resume its journey to Newark, New Jersey where it landed safely. The plane is a Boeing 767-300ER. Delta said 180 passengers and 11 crew members were aboard. One passenger told NBC that it felt like 'King Kong picked up the plane and shook it like there was no tomorrow'. He added: 'The winds were phenomenal. The wind was going around and around, and out to sea and back to sea, coming to New York and then to Boston and now back to New York.' Another female passenger said the flight was extremely bumpy and a lot of people on board got sick. Traveler Jessica Garcia told ABC7: 'You could feel the turbulence. It was going up and down, yeah, you could feel it all.' One passenger said that the turbulence felt like 'King Kong picked up the plane and shook it like there was no tomorrow' This female passenger said she got queasy and that other travelers on board fell ill during the extreme turbulence .
target: Delta said 'a small number of customers' on Flight 271 from Paris to Newark complained of nausea and possible minor injuries .
  Two people taken to Massachusetts General Hospital  after unscheduled landing at Logan Airport in Boston .
  Extreme turbulence prevented the plane from landing at Newark and then JFK before pilot headed to Logan .