KLM passenger plane hits turbulence, 10 hurt

TOKYO, May 31 (Reuters) Ten people were slightly hurt when a KLM Royal Dutch Airlines passenger plane bound for the Japanese city of Osaka hit turbulence soon after take-off from Amsterdam, officials said today.

The Boeing-777 KLM flight 867, with 262 passengers and 14 crew on board, touched down at the Kansai International Airport in Osaka around 09:15 am 0615 hrs IST today, airport officials said.

The passenger plane hit turbulence about two and a half hours after taking off, airline officials said. One official said the pilots had decided to continue the flight rather than make an emergency landing as the injuries did not appear to be serious.

The ten people injured included three female cabin crew in their 30s from the Netherlands, airport police said.

''None of them was injured seriously,'' a police official said.

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