Oct 20 (Reuters) - Thirty passengers on a
Vietnam Airlines flight to
Paris were injured when their plane hit an air pocket over
Russia
and lost altitude abruptly, a spokeswoman for the airline said on Wednesday.
The aircraft, a Boeing 777 departing from
Hanoi, landed at 0515 GMT at Charles De Gaulle airport near
Paris with no technical difficulties, completing its route.
Of the 30 injured passengers, nine passengers and three crew members were being treated in a
Paris hospital for injuries which were described as "not severe".
"Their state is not a concern, " the spokeswoman said. (Reporting by Elizabeth Pineau and
Tim Hepher)
