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A repatriation flight carrying 120 Australians who had been stranded overseas due to COVID-19, has safely arrived in Canberra. The Singapore Airlines flight touched down at Canberra Airport about 12pm. Passengers onboard the repatriation flight will now go into hotel quarantine at the Pacific Suites in Canberra for the next two weeks. COVID-19 tests for incoming passengers will be carried out upon arrival and again between days 10 and 12 of their 14-day quarantine. Health authorities in the ACT had spent several days preparing for the arrival of the flight, with passengers being transported to the hotel for quarantine by federal police. The repatriation flight is the first overseas flight to land in the capital since June and the third repatriation flight to Canberra since the start of the pandemic. Previous repatriation flights have come from India and Nepal for stranded Australians. A fourth repatriation flight is expected to touch down in the ACT before Christmas, with arrangements being discussed between the ACT and federal governments. More to come For faster access to the latest Canberra news, download The Canberra Times app for iOS and Android.
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A repatriation flight carrying 120 Australians who had been stranded overseas due to COVID-19, has safely arrived in Canberra.
The Singapore Airlines flight touched down at Canberra Airport about 12pm.
Passengers onboard the repatriation flight will now go into hotel quarantine at the Pacific Suites in Canberra for the next two weeks.
COVID-19 tests for incoming passengers will be carried out upon arrival and again between days 10 and 12 of their 14-day quarantine.
More than 120 passengers from Singapore landed in Canberra onboard a repatriation flight. Picture: Elesa Kurtz
Health authorities in the ACT had spent several days preparing for the arrival of the flight, with passengers being transported to the hotel for quarantine by federal police.
The repatriation flight is the first overseas flight to land in the capital since June and the third repatriation flight to Canberra since the start of the pandemic.
Passengers themselves will be taken by buses. A large part of the arrivals level has been closed off to domestic passengers
— Andrew Brown (@AndrewBrownAU) November 26, 2020
Previous repatriation flights have come from India and Nepal for stranded Australians.
A fourth repatriation flight is expected to touch down in the ACT before Christmas, with arrangements being discussed between the ACT and federal governments.
