Jandar
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 Posted: Mon Oct 06, 2008 11:14 pm Post subject: OZ Airbus Down Near Exmouth |
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Qantas Airbus down at Exmouth
Nicole Cox, police reporter, October 07, 2008 05:00pm
BREAKING NEWS: TEN people are in Exmouth Hospital with 'quite serious' injuries after a Qantas Airbus en route to Perth was forced down in WA's North-West.
The flight - QF72 from Singapore - made the landing at Learmonth Airport near Exmouth just before 2pm after what has been described as a ``mid-air incident''.
Police said about 50 of the 300 passengers on board the Airbus A330 had been injured.
Ten passengers have been transferred to Exmouth Hospital with what police described as "quite serious" injuries.
All other passengers have been taken from the plane and Qantas was flying two more aircraft to Learmonth.
Pilbara police were preparing to launch an investigation but it is not known at this stage exactly what happened or the circumstances leading up to the incident.
http://www.news.com.au/perthnow/story/0,21598,24460959-948,00.html |
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