Tonga relief flights set for take-off

By Dominic Giannini and Andrew Brown
Updated January 19 2022 - 7:06pm, first published 7:03pm
The airport runway in Tonga is expected to be cleared of ash from the underground volcanic eruption.
The airport runway in Tonga is expected to be cleared of ash from the underground volcanic eruption.

Two air force planes carrying humanitarian supplies are ready to depart Australia for Tonga on Thursday as soon as conditions allow, with the ash-covered airport runway expected to be cleared soon.

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