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First Cut: Qantas passengers taken to hospital

Source: ABC News
Published: Wednesday, October 8, 2008 10:05 AEST
Expires: Tuesday, January 6, 2009 10:05 AEST

Twenty injured Qantas passengers have been taken to hospital in Perth after a flight from Singapore suddenly lost altitude, 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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