The A319 Airbus from the Australian Antarctic Division research programme began its five-hour journey from New Zealand on Wednesday and made a landing on an ice runway known as Pegasus, near the McMurdo station where the scientist was based.
The rescue flight was flown into Antarctica under risky weather conditions with temperatures as low as -30 degrees Celsius. Flights to Antarctica are usually only made in the summer but the National Science Foundation (NSF) said the patient, who is a member of one of its projects, may require “immediate corrective surgery.” NSF also said they were unable to reveal any details about the scientist’s name, gender, age or illness due to privacy reasons.
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