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Nevin Al Sukari - Sana'a - Passengers look at an electronic board displaying cancelled flights after Mount Lewotobi Laki-Laki volcano catapulted an ash tower miles into the sky, at the Ngurah Rai International Airport in Denpasar.— AFP pic
BALI, Nov 13 — Several international airlines cancelled flights to and from Indonesia’s resort island of Bali today, after further eruptions of a volcano that has spewed ash clouds as high as 10 km (32,808 ft) and forced thousands to evacuate.
Jetstar and Qantas said they had stopped flights to Bali on Wednesday for safety reasons because of volcanic ash, while plane tracking website Flightradar24 showed flights to the island by AirAsia and Virgin were also cancelled.
Bali is Indonesia’s top tourist hotspot and is a popular destination for Australian visitors.
The first eruption of the Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki on Nov. 3 in the East Nusa Tenggara province, about 800 km (497 miles)from Bali, killed at least nine people. It has since erupted repeatedly, including multiple times yesterday.
From Nov 4 to Nov 12, 80 flights in Bali were cancelled, including from Singapore, Hong Kong, and several Australian cities, said Ahmad Syaugi Shahab, general manager of Bali’s Ngurah Rai airport.
Indonesia has close to 130 active volcanoes and sits on the Pacific “Ring of Fire”, an area of high seismic activity atop various tectonic plates.
The ash column from Mount Lewotobi has reached as high as 10 km and authorities have said sand fall has covered surrounding areas. — Reuters
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