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Indonesia volcano eruption leaves 340,000 stranded as airports extend closure
More than 340,000 passengers have been left stranded across Indonesia after a volcanic eruption disrupted nearly 3,000 flights and force
Summary
Flights will instead resume at 23:59 on Monday, the airport has said in a statement. Volcanic ash reached as high as 6,000m on the Java side of the volcano and 15,000m on the Sumatra side and in some parts of Java's westernmost province Banten, the meteorological agency BMKG said. Scientists found that some of the chunks of rock that slid from the volcano when it collapsed were about 70-90m high.
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People
- Dudy Purwagandhi4
- Amir Hamzah3
- Jo Shaw3
- Berton Panjaitan2
- Berton Panjaitan.Ferries
- Aldi Candra Prayogi
- Angkasa Pura
- Eloan Tasset
Organisations
- SriLankan Airlines6
- BMKG5
- Transport Ministry4
- Geological Agency4
- Singapore Airlines3
- Kompas3
- Save the Rhino International.Shaw2
- Soekarno-Hatta International2
Places
- Indonesia17
- Jakarta16
- Java12
- Soekarno-Hatta International Airport9
- Mount Anak Krakatau9
- Anak Krakatau9
- Sumatra9
- Krakatau8
Keywords
- eruption13
- volcanic12
- flights9
- airports7
- volcano7
- stranded6
- leaves6
- ash6
- cancels5
- schools4
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