'I just need a sleep': Cheers and relief as second coronavirus evacuation flight lands in Darwin

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After being evacuated from the coronavirus epicentre in Wuhan, passengers on board a heavily-delayed Qantas flight let out cheers and applause after arriving in Darwin this afternoon.

The Qantas plane was originally scheduled to leave Wuhan on Friday night but did not get clearance to land from China and spent Saturday in Hong Kong.“Everyone clapped while we took off, and clapped when we landed,” she told SBS News.Ms Wung said passengers were forced to wait more than eight hours at Wuhan Tianhe International Airport and undergoing multiple checks before being allowed on board.“We had to have two temperature checks before being allowed to board.

Evacuees were initially expected to be quarantined on Christmas Island, before a decision was made on Friday to bring them to the former Inpex workers site.

 

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Kind of chilling that all media have now stopped addressing them as Australian citizens.

Just happened . HK police brutality v people objecting quarantine next to residential

So good to see a positive story in regards to the evacuation.

There's a very nice detention centre at Berrimah

Why hasn’t the child got a mask on?

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