CANBERRA, April 23 (Xinhua) -- The plane carrying the Beijing Olympics flame landed in Canberra Wednesday morning for Thursday's torch relay through the heart of the city. Air China Airbus A330 touched down at Fairbairn Airport about 7.50 a.m. (AEST) from Jakarta.

Australian Capital Territory (ACT) Chief Minister Jon Stanhope, Sports Minister Kate Ellis, President of the Australian Olympic Committee John Coates and Chinese ambassador Zhang Junsai were at the airport to meet the sacred flame.

Jiang Xiaoyu (L), executive vice president of the Beijing Organizing Committee for the 2008 Olympic Games (BOCOG), Chinese ambassador Zhang Junsai pose with the lantern which holds the Olympic flame at the airport in Canberra, the capital of Australia, April 23, 2008. The flame of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games arrives in Canberra Wednesday morning for Thursday's torch relay through the heart of the city, the 15th leg of its global torch relay.(

The Airbus is the official Olympic plane which has been traveling the world with the flame during the torch relay.

The flame lantern was carried off the plane by Jiang Xiaoyu, Vice President of Beijing Organizing Committee of Olympic Games and Chinese ambassador Zhang Junsai.

Indigenous elder Agnes Shea of the Ngunnawal people presented the message stick to the Chinese officials.

Jiang Xiaoyu (L), executive vice president of the Beijing Organizing Committee for the 2008 Olympic Games (BOCOG), Chinese ambassador Zhang Junsai pose with the lantern which holds the Olympic flame at the airport in Canberra, the capital of Australia, April 23, 2008. Australian Capital Territory (ACT) Chief Minister Jon Stanhope, Sports Minister Kate Ellis, President of the Australian Olympic Committee John Coates and Chinese ambassador Zhang Junsai were at the airport to meet the sacred flame

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