Volcanic ash leaves 170,000 travelers stranded at eight Indonesian airports
Stranded passengers wait at the Soekarno Hatta International Airport in the Indonesian capital, Jakarta, Ajeng Dinar Ulfiana/Reuters Reuters — Eight Indonesian airports, including two serving Jakarta, remained closed early on Monday morning because of volcanic ash from eruptions at Mount Anak Krakatau, the transport minister said.“We cannot ascertain when this will end due to the dynamic weather,” Transport Minister Dudy Purwagandhi said in a statement on Monday, adding that the seven other airports, which included the ones serving Jakarta’s nearby provinces of Lampung and West Java, would remain closed until at least 08:59 a.” The eruptions have seen ash reach as high as 20,000 feet (6,000 meters) on the Java side of the volcano and 50,000 feet (15,000 meters) on the Sumatra side and some parts of Banten province in Java, meteorological agency BMKG posted on its website.
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