Mar 7, 2007

Garuda Plane Crash

Five Australians are still “missing” after a fatal Garuda airline crash at the Yogyakarta Airport in Indonesia. The news is full of the devastating pictures of this crash. A news cameraman managed to pull himself from the crashed plane and begin filming. The images are "in the moment", "personal" and show a unique perspective of this tragedy.

The death toll is presently at 23.

The missing Australians are thought to have died in the crash, they are

Morgan Mellish - Australian Financial Review journalist

Elizabeth O'Neill - Department of Foreign Affairs public affairs counsellor

Alison Sudrajat, AusAid director at the Australian embassy

An Air Force liaison officer

An Australian Federal Police officer

10 Australians were on the flight. Cynthia Banham, Sydney Morning Herald Journalist and Roger Tallboys, Australian businessman have been evacuated to an Australian hospital for treatment of their severe injuries.