Unaisi Ratubalavu
3 March, 2021, 12:00 am
Another view of the wreckage with Naruwai villagers who had been helping with the search and retrieval operation.
Picture: FILE
A Fiji Air Islander plane crashed near Bua and a story published in The Fiji Times on July 16, 1979 stated nine lives were lost in the tragedy.
The bodies of the nine Fiji Air crash victims were recovered on July 15 from the jungle and the Bua hillside where their plane plunged to destruction.
Minister for Civil Aviation then, Tomasi Vakatora, was going to make a statement about the incident in the House of Representatives that week.
It was reported that a senior New Zealand air accident investigator, John Leech, 54, had arrived and was expected to fly to Bua to look at the wreckage.
أستراليا ترفع الحظر عن طائرات بوينغ 737 ماكس
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(16 Feb 2021) Fiji Airways has extended the validity of flight credits to 31 December 2022.
The extension means that Fiji Airways customers can utilise their flight credits anywhere on the airline’s network up to 31 December 2022.
The airline suspended scheduled commercial flights to international destinations in March.
Mr Andre Viljoen, Fiji Airways Managing Director & CEO said, “This extension offers greater peace of mind to customers holding credit with Fiji Airways given the prolonged border closures. Since the beginning of the pandemic, our objective has been to ensure that our customers’ do not lose the bookings they have made with us.
“The extension for use of flight credits by