Four Corners

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Aviation is arguably the highest profile casualty of the coronavirus pandemic and the impact has been enormous. The aviation crisis has driven Australia's second major carrier, Virgin, to the point of collapse. On Monday, the key players explain how things went so wrong so quickly. The program details the battle to keep the airline going, examining why it was vulnerable in the first place and what was driving the refusal of the federal government to step in and directly support Virgin.