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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