At least 27 people were injured on an Aeroflot flight from Moscow to Bangkok on Monday when their Boeing 777 hit an air pocket, the Russian embassy said in a statement.
It said that 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.
The Russian airline said in an earlier statement that several passengers had been injured during “severe turbulence” 40 minutes before landing in the Thai capital.
It said the crew could not warn passengers of the danger because the turbulence occurred in…
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