60 Minutes: Tara Brown and crew arrive in Sydney after spending two weeks in Lebanese jail

• Channel Nine paid cash into Beirut account 'by mistake'
• TV crew could still face charges
• Crew's anguish led to decision: Ali Elamine
• 60 Minutes crew released
• Child recovery team still in jail

The four members of the 60 Minutes crew who were jailed in Beirut for almost two weeks have arrived back in Australia, with journalist Tara Brown declaring it is "good to be home".

The Emirates flight carrying Brown, producer Stephen Rice, cameraman Benjamin Williamson and sound recordist David Ballment touched down just before 10pm.

The crew were greeted by a media scrum when they emerged from a VIP area of Sydney's International Airport an hour later. Rice hugged a smiling Brown about her shoulders as the pair were jostled by the crowd of reporters.

Brown expressed relief to be home after days of uncertainty. When asked how she felt to be back, Brown said "it's just so good to be home".

Channel Nine presenter Tara Brown and producer Stephen Rice after they were freed.Credit: Getty Images

The foursome were lead by security out of the terminal surrounded by the media pack to an awaiting black Volkswagen van before being driven away.

The crew landed just hours after documents revealed Channel Nine transferred $69,000 to Child Abduction Recovery International, the company used by Australian mother Sally Faulkner to snatch her two children in Lebanon.

Nine is still refusing to comment on the subject of the payments because Sally Faulkner remains in Lebanon ahead of a custody hearing with her estranged husband Ali Elamine, and their two children, Lahela, 6, and Noah, 4, before the investigative judge Rami Abdullah at the Palace of Justice.

Brown and the rest of the crew flew out of Beirut on Wednesday after Mr Elamine agreed to drop the kidnapping charges against them all in return for his former partner's agreement not to contest custody.

All smiles: Australian television presenter Tara Brown arrives in Sydney after being released from a Beirut prison.Credit: Getty Images

Mr Elamine insisted on Wednesday that he did not receive a payout from the media company but said it was a mixture of sympathy for the Nine crew and an acceptance that they were not directly involved in the plot that led to him agreeing to drop personal charges against the four.

While they have been released, Mr Elamine will pursue personal charges against self-styled international "child recovery" operative Adam Whittington, his colleague Craig Michael and two Lebanese men who assisted with the botched abduction attempt.

'It's just so good to be home': Tara Brown.Credit: Daniel Munoz