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In a close shave, a packed super jumbo aircraft of Singapore Airlines with 430 people on board was hit by sudden turbulence during descent in Mumbai, leaving eight passengers and 14 crew members injured. The Singapore-Mumbai plane, an A380 double-decker, had 408 passengers and 25 crew on board.
The injured passengers and crew were admitted at two private hospitals in suburban Andheri. "We will provide full assistance to the authorities in their investigations," the airline stated later.
