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At least 27 hurt in turbulence on Aeroflot Moscow-Bangkok flight

BANGKOK/MOSCOW, May 1 (Reuters) At least 27 people were injured on an Aeroflot flight from Moscow to Bangkok today when their Boeing 777 hit an air pocket, the Russian embassy in Thailand said in a statement.
It said 24 of the injured were Russian nationals and 15 of them were taken to a Bangkok hospital for treatment. The other three injured were from Thailand.
Three Russians have undergone operations lasting several hours, Russian RIA news agency reported, citing a Russian diplomat in Bangkok. The diplomat cited doctors who say their lives were not in danger. Aeroflot also dismissed some media reports about spine injuries.
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