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SYDNEY, Australia — China has released Australian journalist Cheng Lei after more than three years, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese announced on Wednesday, adding she was freed from detention and reunited with her two young children in Melbourne.
MANILA, Philippines — Baguio is among the cheapest destinations around the Asia-Pacific region to visit at the end of the year, according to data collected by online travel agency Agoda.
VICTORIA International Container Terminal (VICT), Australia's leading automated container terminal, is set to handle larger vessels with the arrival of two new ship-to-shore (STS) cranes.
Shaken but relieved airline passengers were continuing their journeys after surviving a terrifying ordeal in which a gaping hole appeared in their jumbo jet 30,000ft up.Flooring gave way, part of the ceiling collapsed and debris flew into the first class cabin on the Qantas Boeing 747 which was flying from London to Melbourne.Scared passengers, some of whom were woken up by a loud bang, had to don oxygen masks as the plane descended after losing cabin pressure on the Hong Kong-Melbourne leg of the flight.Film shot by passengers and displayed on websites showed the scenes on board the plane as the captain announced that he was making for Manila in the Philippines for an emergency landing.Passengers spoke of «part of the ceiling» flying past them, while others told how children were crying. Some aboard vomited after the plane managed to land safely at Manila, with all 346 passengers and 19 crew able to disembark normally.
An exploding oxygen cylinder may have ripped open the fuselage of a Qantas jumbo jet that had to make an emergency landing, investigators said yesterday. Such a blast would have major implications for 747 aircraft around the world, said the Australian Civil Aviation Safety Authority. It has sent experts to Manila in the Philippines to inspect the aircraft.