Airlines Cancel Flights to Bali as Mt Bromo Spews Ash
January 27, 2011
Ash from Mount Bromo, shown in this file photo, has forced a number of airlines to cancel flights to Bali on Thursday. (Antara Photo)
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Several airlines cancelled flights to Bali on Thursday because of volcano ash from Mount Bromo, a government spokesman said.
Mount Bromo, on eastern Java island and one of dozens of active volcanoes in the archipelago, started erupting in November.
Ash from Mount Merapi, also on Java, disrupted flights in November.
"Several airlines decided to divert their flights or return to base in connection with ash spewing from Mount Bromo," said Bambang Ervan, spokesman for the Indonesian transport ministry.
Ervan said Air France-KLM , Cathay Pacific , Jetstar, ValueAir, and Virgin Blue had cancelled or diverted flights, with the ash cloud at 18,000 feet and the wind direction southeast.
Yuli Sadoso, an official at Bali airport, said about 1,300 passengers had been hit by the cancellations.
A British Airways flight came close to crashing nearly three decades ago after its engines sucked in ash from Mount Galunggung, on Java.
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