The government has sent three Royal Australian Air Force planes to New Zealand to bring home Australians caught up in a deadly volcano explosion
The planes were dispatched as part of a repatriation plan worked out between the Australian and New Zealand governments.Three RAAF aircraft will take part in the repatriation mission to New Zealand in the wake of the volcanic eruption.Prime Minister Scott Morrison made the announcement on Wednesday, saying it had been another difficult day for those involved in the White Island eruption.
Of the 47 people on or near the island at the time of the eruption, 24 were Australians aged between 13 to 72.Some of the injured have severe burns to more than 30 per cent of their body.
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