Qantas reroutes flights as PNG's Rabaul Volcano erupts

By Michael Koziol
Updated August 30 2014 - 1:13am, first published August 29 2014 - 3:26pm
The ash cloud is spreading at heights of 60,000 feet. Photo: Paul James Clark
The ash cloud is spreading at heights of 60,000 feet. Photo: Paul James Clark
Tavurvur sends an ash cloud high into the sky. Photo: Oliver Bluett
Tavurvur sends an ash cloud high into the sky. Photo: Oliver Bluett

A giant ash cloud is affecting some flights to and from Australia following a major eruption of the Rabaul caldera in Papua New Guinea.

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