NEW: 23 hurt after Russian plane hits birds and makes an emergency landing near Moscow.
MOSCOW — A passenger jet made an emergency landing in a field outside of one of Moscow's airports, injuring at least 23 people, on Thursday, Russian officials said.
The Ural Airlines A321 carrying 226 passengers and a crew of seven collided with a flock of birds while taking off Thursday from Moscow's Zhukovsky airport. The plane's engines malfunctioned, and the pilot made an emergency landing in a cornfield about a half-mile from the airport. Russian health authorities said that 23 people, including five children, were hospitalized with injuries.
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