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Posted: Thur, 17 Jul 2003 15:42 AEST
Charter company ordered to pay Japan $US6 million
A Gold Coast air charter company has been ordered to pay the Japanese Government $US6 million for failing to provide an aircraft to fly terrorists back to Japan.
Coolangatta-based Global Air Leasing was contracted by the Japanese Government to provide a Boeing 747 for a secret flight to retrieve Red Army terrorists accused of slaughtering 26 people in Israel in 1972 from Jordan in the Middle East.
The plane was first to fly to Japan but did not arrive in time.
Queensland Supreme Court Justice John Muir ordered Global Air to refund the security deposit of $US6 million originally sought by the company from the Japanese Government.
He has also ordered Global Air to pay interest.
He will accept further submissions until July 21 regarding the possible refund of a further $US1.2 million in lease fees.
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