“There was an Almighty Crack!”

After making an emergency landing in the Philippines, passengers of the Quanta flight from Hong Kong to Melbourne today described their experience of the plane’s in-flight accident thus: “There was an almighty crack,” and, “There was a big bang.”

Thankfully they’ve all landed safely — but perhaps not without the lingering sensation of nearly meeting the Maker of the cosmos.

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