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Injured P&O passengers back in Australia and off critical list

The 10 Australian passengers injured in the fatal bus crash in Port Vila on June 20 are back in Australia and have been transferred to hospitals in Queensland.

Mary Bond, Editor in Chief

June 27, 2016

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Credit: Seatrade Cruise News

Initially, some had been airlifted to Noumea after their tour bus and a local bus had a head-on collison which killed three Port Vila locals.

The Australians were passengers from Pacific Dawn which sailed from Brisbane on June 14 on a 12-day ‘Pacific Explorer’ cruise. They were returning to the ship from a shore excursion to the Ekasup Cultural Village.

P&O thanked all those involved in the complex medical evacuation in a series of air ambulance flights.

An 11-year-old boy who sustained a serious head injury and was flown to Noumea on the first air ambulance flight is now at the Gold Coast University Hospital and is no longer listed as critical.

P&O Cruises Australia’s president, Sture Myrmell, has made a private visit to the injured passengers and the company’s port agent in Vanuatu has been assisting the families of the people killed in the accident. It has been announced that A$10,000 from the P&O Pacific Partnership will be devoted to their immediate needs.

About the Author

Mary Bond

Editor in Chief

Mary Bond is Group Director, Seatrade Cruise a division within Informa Markets and responsible for the Seatrade portfolio of global cruise events, print and online cruise publishing.

Mary is also the publisher and editor-in-chief of Seatrade Cruise News and Seatrade Cruise Review magazine.

Mary has worked in the shipping industry for 39 years, first for Lloyd’s Register of Shipping before joining Seatrade’s editorial team in 1985.

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