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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