Seventeen passengers and crew were injured when a Hong Kong Airlines' flight ran into severe turbulence early Saturday on the way from Indonesia's resort Bali island to Hong Kong. According to AP, the Airbus A330-200 with 204 passengers and 12 crew returned to Bali about 2 آ1⁄2 hours into the flight and landed safely at 4:34 a.m. (2034 GMT Friday), said Trikora Harjo, general manager of Bali's Ngurah Rai airport. The plane encountered the turbulence above Kalimantan, Indonesia's part of Borneo, he said. Most of the injuries were head bruises and there were no serious cases, Harjo said. Three crewmembers and eight passengers were brought to a hospital while six others were treated at the airport clinic, he said. He said there was no damage to the plane, but an inspection was underway.
