VANUATU:flights for stranded cruise passengers

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Updated July 17, 2007 17:11:12

The cruise operator P & O is still trying to find charter flights for hundreds of passenger stranded in Vanuatu after their cruise liner was damaged in a storm. The Pacific Star was battered by gale force winds and 10-metre waves just hours after sailing from New Zealand.

Presenter: Sonja Heydeman
Speakers: Sandy Olsen, P &O spokesperson; Ted Drew, Acting General Manager, Sales and Marketing Air Vanuatu; Alick Berry, Vanuatu Chamber of Commerce

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