Flights to and from Bali return to normal after latest Agung eruption; officials say no warning signs of ‘major eruption’ yet
Bali’s Ngurah Rai International Airport has resumed normal operations following Mount Agung’s latest eruption over the weekend, which spread ash over some parts of the island.
“Flight operations have returned to normal,” Awaluddin, corporate communication senior manager from state-owned airport operator Angkasa Pura I’s, told Coconuts Bali in a text message on Monday.
Several flights to and from the island were canceled after Mount Agung erupted late on Friday, which according to Indonesia’s Volcanology and Geological Disaster Mitigation Center lasted for four and a half minutes, sending ash and rock as high as 2,500 meters above the volcano’s peak.
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Indonesia’s National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) said there hasn’t been any increase in volcanic activity or further eruptions after Friday’s eruption, according to a report from Detik.
Despite lava and rocks landing as far away as 3 kilometers from the volcano, officials have maintained the alert level and exclusion zone around the volcano, which is at level three alert level, or “standby” status, and 4km radius, respectively.
BNPB spokesman Sutopo Purwo Nugroho added that 20 districts and 53 villages in Bali were affected by this latest eruption, prompting the Bali Regional Disaster Management Agency (BPBD) to distribute masks for residents affected by volcanic ash rain.
According to geohazard monitoring service MAGMA Indonesia, Mount Agung is in a “dynamic state” but reported there are yet to be warning signs of a “major eruption.”
