Passengers describe flying through fire-generated cloud on Melbourne-to-Canberra flight
ABCPassengers have described the moment their flight from Melbourne to Canberra entered a fire-generated weather system over south-eastern Australia. Key points: Qantas flight hits unexpected turbulence inside fire-generated weather system Passengers recall panic as outside "went pitch black" The plane was greeted by emergency services, but no injuries were reported The Qantas flight's route took it over bushfires ravaging Victoria and New South Wales and the plane unexpectedly entered a weather system being generated by one of the fires. "It just got greyer and greyer," passenger Matt McIntyre said of the approach to the pyrocumulus cloud. "The pilots ascended to a higher altitude before taking a different approach into Canberra, where the aircraft had a normal landing," she said. Mr McIntyre said once the plane had landed safely, the captain greeted passengers and ensured they were OK. "It's the first time I've been on a plane where you land and the captain gets a round of applause, that's for sure," he said.
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