'I didn't think anything dangerous could happen': Whakaari victim recalls disaster

New Zealand Volcano Trial

Judge Evangelos Thomas presides at the Whakaari White Island eruption trial Source: AAP / Nick Monro

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New Zealand's District Court has heard harrowing evidence from an Australian tourist who survived the 2019 Whakaari [[FUK-ARI]] Island volcano eruption. Jesse Langford - who lost three members of his family in the disaster - delivered his pre-recorded statement at the trial of the Island's owners and two tour companies.

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