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23 Hurt When Russian Plane Makes Emergency Landing

Associated Press

   MOSCOW - A passenger jet made an emergency landing in a field outside
   of one of Moscow's airports Thursday after colliding with a flock of
   birds, injuring at least 23 people, Russian officials said.

   The Ural Airlines A321 carrying 226 passengers and a crew of seven hit
   the birds as it took off Thursday from Moscow's Zhukovsky airport en
   route for Simferopol, in Crimea.

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