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8 October 2008

Qantas mid-air incident and injuries

Eleven people were seriously injured in yesterday's mid-flight incident on a Qantas jet over WA, and were airlifted to Perth overnight. Their plane, travelling from Singapore to Perth with 303 passengers and 10 crew on board, suddenly lost altitude and was forced to make an emergency landing in Exmouth.


Guests

Leslie Green
Director of public affairs for WA's Royal Flying Doctors Service

Reporter

Michel Panayotov

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