Indonesia reopens Jakarta airport as Anak Krakatau ash clears; new eruptions being monitored
Authorities cleared volcanic ash and tested runways before reopening five airports, as the eruption disrupted nearly 3,000 flights and stranded more than 340,000 passengers.
- Early Tuesday, the Transport Ministry announced the reopening of Soekarno-Hatta International Airport and four others following a volcanic ash shutdown, marking recovery from the air safety crisis that stranded hundreds of thousands of travelers.
- Mount Anak Krakatau, located about 150 kilometres from Jakarta between Java and Sumatra, erupted on Saturday, spewing lava and a plume of volcanic ash that forced officials to halt operations across eight regional airports.
- Nearly 3,000 flights were disrupted by the ash, leaving more than 340,000 passengers stranded over the weekend, as airlines now face the task of rebooking travelers to their intended destinations after days of chaos.
- Operations resumed at Halim Perdanakusuma in the Jakarta-area and Hussein Sastranegara in Bandung, West Java; another small airport in Sumatra reopened on Monday, though two of the original eight airports affected remain closed.
- The volcano has been sporadically active since it emerged from the sea at the beginning of last century in the caldera that formed after the 1883 eruption of Mount Krakatau; a 2018 tsunami triggered by a collapse of parts of Anak Krakatau killed 429 people and displaced thousands.
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Indonesia on Tuesday reopened its main airport in Jakarta and four other airports that were closed due to an ash cloud from the Anak Krakatau volcano late last week. However, more recent outbreaks threaten to cause further disruption.
After several days of air traffic chaos following the eruption of the volcano, most airports in Indonesia have resumed operations. In addition to four other airports, the country's largest airport, Soekarno-Hatta International Airport, located near the capital Jakarta, resumed flights on Tuesday. The chaos caused by the eruption of the Anak Krakatau volcano is gradually getting serious.
Jakarta, 8 Sep (EFE).- The Indonesian authorities reopened on Tuesday five of the seven airports that had been closed on the weekend, including the principal one in Jakarta, due to the eruption of the Anak Krakatoa volcano, which caused the delay of hundreds of flights. Transport Minister Dudy Purwagandhi announced the reopening in [...] The Indonesian entrance reopens airports after delaying more than 600 international flights for a volcano was…
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