Australian aviation crew carries out daring midwinter Antarctica rescue0

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• August 7, 2026

It was a “major operation” for the plane to be correctly configured in time by engineers and a design team, who fitted a stretcher in the back. The configuration took 24 hours, Robertson said, but takeoff was then delayed for another 12 hours while the crew waited for a suitable window in the weather. “We