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Flights around Bali, Lombok remain suspended due to eruption
Transportation Ministry spokesperson Julius Adravida Barata said flights around Sumbawa, Lombok and Bali remained suspended due to the danger presented by volcanic ash spewed by Mount Sangeang Api in West Nusa Tenggara (NTB), even though its density was decreasing
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ransportation Ministry spokesperson Julius Adravida Barata said flights around Sumbawa, Lombok and Bali remained suspended due to the danger presented by volcanic ash spewed by Mount Sangeang Api in West Nusa Tenggara (NTB), even though its density was decreasing.
'Currently, there are no closed airports, but the Sumbawa-Lombok-Bali route, which we called Whiskey 42, remains at code red and is still dangerous for planes,' he said as quoted by tempo.co on Monday.
Previously, the government suspended flights on six routes following the Mt. Sangeang Api eruption on Friday. The suspension has since been lifted on most routes due to the decreasing intensity of the eruptions, with ash plumes dropping from 14,000 feet high to 9,000 feet.
The director of the Flight Navigation Service Organizing Agency (LPPNPI), Wisnu Darjono, said the Whiskey 42 route should remain monitored because the dense cloud of volcanic ash had not dispersed.
'Planes could be allowed to fly the route if the volcanic ash decreases to 9,000 feet,' Wisnu said.
On Saturday, the government closed Tambolaka Airport in the southwest of West Nusa Tenggara and El Tari Airport in Kupang, East Nusa Tenggara (NTT), following the eruption Mt. Sangeang Api, located on the eastern part of Sumbawa Island, which spewed volcanic ash 3 kilometers into the sky.
Friday's eruption sent on Saturday two plumes of ash over northern Australia, which cancelled all flights into and out of Darwin International Airport. More than 30 flights were cancelled and international flights through that air space were rerouted.
International flights to and from Australia to Singapore, East Timor and Bali were among those cancelled, including those departing from Australia's eastern seaboard after ash spread across central Australia on Friday evening. (gda)
