Stranded passengers to be rescued after cruise ship ran aground off PNG | ABC NEWS

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About 80 passengers on board the Coral Adventurer cruise ship will be flown back to Australia after efforts to refloat the vessel were unsuccessful. The cruise ship struck a coral reef off the coast of Papua New Guinea on Saturday morning. Deputy Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea John Rosso joined ABC News from Lae to discuss the incident.

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