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Home at last - Australians return from Asia on charter flight

Stranded Australians relieved to be finally getting a flight home

Stranded Australians relieved to be finally getting a flight home Source: SBS

After months of being stranded, more than a hundred vulnerable Australians have returned home from Asia, on a self-funded private charter flight.


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By Shuba Krishnan, Naveen Razik

Source: SBS



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After months of being stranded, more than a hundred vulnerable Australians have returned home from Asia, on a self-funded private charter flight.


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