WHEN MI765 touched down at Changi Airport on Tuesday afternoon, at least 50 of the passengers cheered and clapped.

The same group also fell to their knees to give thanks once they came out into the arrival hall in Terminal 2.

The church group had been stranded in Bangkok since last Wednesday when their flight from Israel was diverted from Suvarnabhumi airport in Bangkok to the tiny military air strip of U-Tapao.

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