‘I’ve become isolated’: the aftermath of near-doomed QF72

They tell me they’re progressing towards the rear of the aircraft and treating the more badly injured who had been propelled into the cabin’s ceiling by the plane pitching down, but they’ve run out of neck braces. I can’t stop staring at the cabin’s ceiling, and my memory permanently records the busted plastic holes still holding on to hair and bloodied remnants of scalp, the broken luggage lockers, the dislodged ceiling panels and exposed ducting. Many have been classified as extreme events: an uncontained engine failure with strong vibration; airframe and engine damage caused by very bad hail on take-off; severe icing at altitude resulting in engine damage; and numerous fume events.

Source: www.smh.com.au