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First Cut: Passengers recount Qantas ordeal

Source: ABC News
Published: Wednesday, October 8, 2008 9:28 AEST
Expires: Tuesday, January 6, 2009 9:28 AEST

Passengers arriving at Perth Airport say they thought they were at death's door when a Qantas flight from Singapore abruptly lost altitude, injuring 20 people and forcing the pilot to make an emergency landing in Exmouth yesterday.

Tags: disasters-and-accidents, accidents, air-and-space-accidents, australia, wa, exmouth-6707, perth-6000

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