SCHAPELLE Corby has had the last laugh, switching her return flight home at the 11th hour.
While her Virgin Air boarding pass had been issued and she had provided it to authorities, at the last minute she told them she was on a Malindo Air flight to Brisbane instead.
The Malindo flight was due to leave 10 minutes ahead of the Virgin flight and boarded at the next gate. Meanwhile more than 40 members of the Australian media were booked on the Virgin flight, hoping to accompany Corby home.
Corby had been set to fly in seat 1A of business class of Virgin. It is understood she is now in 1A of Malindo.
And Corby’s last minute flight change caused chaos at the boarding gates because the gates for Virgin and Malindo flights were swapped at the last minute.
Virgin had been due to leave from Gate 6A and Malindo from 6B but they were changed.
Anyway to be somewhat on-topic: Coverage-wise it seems like 7 News Adelaide was the bulletin to watch for local news of the day without all the extended/rolling coverage. Yes there were live crosses to Bali during the bulletin but they were not too over the top. It would have helped that 7 Adelaide had a live local AFL telecast slotted in straight after the news.
They were all in a panic this morning because Schapelle’s new airline was due to land earlier than expected and then after waiting hours at the airport, neither Seven nor Nine got footage of her at the airport.
And, P.S Today Reporter Jessica Millwood, stop yelling! You could hardly hear Sunrise’s Bianca Stone on Seven.
Breaking News: Schapelle’s vehicle has turned off the freeway and is approaching a Maccas drive through. Sources suggest she may order a Bacon and Egg McMuffin. It is not yet known whether a hash brown and coffee will be purchased. Stay tuned for this history breaking moment.
Just one of many things the media have wrong.
The Today Show has repeatedly reported the ‘motorcade’ has a police escort. Qld police have tweeted that is not true.
What, no self-serve kiosks?! That could easily consume 10-15 minutes flicking through the menu working out what to pick for the first time (especially if the machine she picks is slow at responding!)
that was very selective. My previous tweet mentioned how Seven had better coverage of the convoy to the parole hearing. I was flicking between the two.
Hilarious joke by Bianca there - also had Tim Tams and a Woolworths bag - things Schapelle would have most missed “if she was a true Australian”. (Obviously popped into the nearby 24 hour Woolworths).
How will she cope without them.
Great shot of a flight attendant’s back.
