148 Australians Return Home From Quake-Stricken Vanuatu

Australia’s relief efforts in Vanuatu have begun after the tiny island nation was struck by two earthquakes and a number of aftershocks this week.

Australians board flights home from Vanuatu. Courtesy of DFAT

Overnight, 148 Australians returned home from Vanuatu following recent earthquakes that devastated the tiny Pacific island.

The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) announced that two Royal Australian Air Force humanitarian flights—an Air Force C-17 Globemaster III and C-130J Hercules—had left Port Villa, arriving in Australia overnight.