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Old 16th Mar 2007, 06:59
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Captain Sand Dune
 
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The bodies of those Australians killed in the Garuda crash have just arrived here in Canberra in a C-130, my question is, why are their bodies transported in a RAAF Herc? why not charter/RPT? is it standard protocal for Aussies killed overseas to have their remains repatriated as such? as far as i know they were not military personal serving their country
Does it make a bl**dy difference?! I don't think they were going to complain about the in-flight entertainment now, where they?!

The priority was to get the bodies back to Oz ASAP. Imagine the uproar if the C-130 was not used.
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