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Thousands of tourists were stranded Friday at the Bali International Airport, which paralyzed their operations due to the eruption of the Agung volcano on this Indonesian island, officials said.
The airport Ngurah Rai was closed at 03:00 (16:00 Brasília on Thursday) and did not open until 19:00 local time (09:00) facing the risk represented by volcanic ash, reaching 2,000 meters.
The situation has prompted the cancellation of 446 flights – national and international – leaving or arriving on the main tourist island of the Indonesian archipelago, said the spokesman. airport, Yanus Suprayogi.
At least 75,000 pbadengers are affected by this situation and thousands of tourists are staying at the airport or in island hotels waiting for a solution.
Agung, at more than 3,000 meters above sea level, is 75 km from the main tourist destinations of the island – Kuta and Seminyak – and finally enters the erupo since its waking the l & # 39; 39, last year.
The last major outbreak of Agung left about 1600 dead in 1963.
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