At least 26 people were injured, four of them seriously, when a China Eastern Airlines flight from Paris hit turbulence on Sunday over southwest China.
The incident happened when Flight MU744 from Charles de Gaulle Airport was descending to land at Kunming Changshui International Airport in Yunnan province.
Passengers are being treated for bone fractures, scalp lacerations and soft tissue injuries caused by falling baggage or collisions with overhead lockers, it cited local hospitals as saying.
We felt strong turbulence twice and minor turbulence three times. The process lasted about 10 minutes, a slightly injured passenger surnamed Zhang as said.
The nationalities of the other injured passengers are unclear.
China Eastern Airlines said on its official microblog account that it has arranged medical services but gave no other details.
"(We) remind all passengers, for your safety, please fasten safety belts," the post added.
The airline has not yet publicly come out with any other statement pertaining the accident.
The plane landed around 9 am (0100 GMT) on Sunday, an hour later than scheduled.
"We applauded when the plane landed safely. We feel lucky the plane did not crash," an injured passenger said.
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