The highly dangerous mission to retrieve the bodies of those killed by the White Island volcano eruption will be launched at first light tomorrow. 9News
"My other concerns are about the weather, the direction of the wind, the sea state, because they all bring risk, they add complexity.
The other bodies not yet located are also suspected to be on the island, however due to the high risk near the volcano the rescue team will have "a very limited opportunity" to search for the missing people. "We will have GNS scientists as part of the team … They will be watching live at information from the island and interpreting what they see and will able to make a call in that sense but the reality is we don't always get advanced notice," he said.
Patients have been transferred to Melbourne's The Alfred Hospital and Sydney's Concord Hospital for emergency treatment.
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