( CNN ) -- Twelve people suffered minor injuries aboard a United Airlines flight when it encountered turbulence while flying over Louisiana on Wednesday , officials said . `` All 12 patients will be transported to area hospitals as a precautionary measure , '' according to Houston Fire Department spokesman Erica Duckworth , who said there were no serious injuries . United Flight 1727 was flying from Tampa , Florida , to Houston with 151 people on board when the incident occurred , which prompted medical crews to meet the airplane when it landed at 7:30 a.m. CT ( 8:30 a.m . ET ) . Images broadcast by CNN affiliate KTRK showed people being carted on stretchers , some in neck braces , away from the aircraft and toward waiting ambulances . The National Transportation Safety Board says it is monitoring the situation and has not yet decided whether to investigate . In years past , the board has made recommendations over pilot-induced turbulence , or aircraft oscillations caused by pilot decisions . It 's not clear if that occurred during Wednesday 's incident .
Minor injuries reported on United flight . It hit turbulence over Louisiana , Tampa . The plane was flying from Tampa , Tampa , to Lake Charles .