Body of Cricket Great Shane Warne Arrives Back in Australia

An ambulance carrying the body of Shane Warne moves from Surat Thani Hospital in the southern of Thailand to Suvarnabhumi International Airport before sending him back to Australia, on March 7, 2022. Thanapat Cherajin/AP Photo

MELBOURNE, Australia—The body of cricket great Shane Warne is back in Australia.

Just before dawn outside Bangkok his coffin—draped in an Australian flag—was put into an ambulance at the Thai Police Forensic Institute and driven to an international airport. A private jet flew Warne’s body back to his hometown of Melbourne, landing at Essendon airport about 10 hours later.