Russia hails miracle after plane makes emergency landing near Moscow

Russians hailed a miracle on Thursday after a passenger plane carrying 233 peopl...

MOSCOW - Russians hailed a miracle on Thursday after a passenger plane carrying 233 people made an emergency landing in a corn field on the outskirts of Moscow after striking a flock of birds shortly after take-off.

The Ministry of Health said 23 people had suffered injuries, but that nobody had been killed when the Ural Airlines Airbus 321 came down in a field southeast of Moscow after striking a flock of gulls, disrupting its engines. Some drew comparisons with U.S. Airways Flight 1549 which performed a landing on the Hudson River in 2009 after striking a flock of geese.

An unnamed passenger interviewed by state television said the plane had started to shake violently shortly after take-off.

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