What the plane passengers said

“She was ready to leave. She was hiding her face and looked very nervous.” — A passenger told ABC. “They said that the special guest had to get off first. They blocked everyone from business class. A few people were annoyed about that, because they blocked the toilets as well — so people who wanted to go to the bathroom had to wait.” — Another flight passenger told ABC. “No-one spoke to her, she had a security guard on board with her. She was happy, she was laughing. Unless you knew who it was, you’d have thought it was just a normal passenger.” — Gabrielle Amies told Fairfax. Sofitel Hotel in the city, while the other was stopped at the KFC store at Ormeau, en route to the Gold Coast. Corby was not seen in either. Queensland Police said they had not provided an escort for the convoys.

Corby had been expected to travel on a Virgin flight that left Bali on Saturday night, with up to 40 media booked on board.

But her security team made a lastminute switch to put her on a Malindo Air flight, leaving most of the media stranded on the wrong flight. A Channel Nine crew was on board the Malindo flight.

Fellow passengers said they were held back from boarding and getting off the plane until Corby was sorted. “They said that the special guest had to get off first, they blocked everyone from business class,” one passenger said.

Corby served almost 10 years in Kerobokan jail, before being on parole for a further three years.

Pictures / AAP Schapelle Corby (left) with sister Mercedes Corby going to the airport in Indonesia. And media outside the home of Rosleigh Rose, mother of Corby in Loganlea, south of Brisbane.