AAP General News (Australia)
08-12-2009
Vic: Tour operator expresses sympathy to families = 2
A search and rescue team including Australian air force helicopters is looking for
the missing people after wreckage was found in the rugged Papua New Guinea highlands on
Wednesday morning.
Mr Miller said it was a "very difficult time for everyone involved, and the company's
focus was on supporting the family and friends who have been affected, as well as our
employees".
"In conjunction with the Department of Foreign Affairs, we are doing everything we
can to support the families of those Australians who were on board the flight, and the
family of our expedition guide," he said in the statement.
"At this stage we are hoping and praying that there may still be a positive outcome.
"This is an incredibly difficult time for those affected by this situation and for us.
"Our guides are like an extended family, and our groups become friends as they travel
together, so this has deeply affected us and our travelling community."
He said the group was one of around 50 trips No Roads booked to Kokoda each year.
The group was on a scheduled commercial flight, although charters are often used, but
otherwise there was nothing unusual about this trip, he said.
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KEYWORD: PNG NOROADS 2 MELBOURNE
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