Updated Aug. 15, 5:45 a.m.MOSCOW — Russians hailed a miracle 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 takeoff.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.State television said the maneuver was being dubbed the “miracle over Ramensk,” a reference to the district of Moscow region where the plane …read more
Source: Voice of America
