Jet Hits Turbulence Over Pacific; 27 Hurt
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<i> Reuters</i>
TOKYO — At least 27 passengers were injured when a Northwest Airlines Boeing 747 hit turbulence over the Pacific on Wednesday, a Japanese official said.
The official at Narita international airport, northeast of Tokyo, said the plane, carrying 117 passengers and 13 crew, ran into turbulence and dropped sharply about 40 minutes after it left the Pacific island of Saipan for Tokyo.
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