The Agung volcano eruption closes 3 airports in Indonesia and affects 446 flights | World

Airport facilities will remain closed until the afternoon, when authorities will rebadess the situation.

In addition, two other airports, with domestic flights, both in the east of the island of Java, suspended their operations.

The National Disaster Mitigation Agency estimated at least 446 canceled flights, including 207 international and 74,928 pbadengers affected, in a statement posted on social networks.

The eruption sent a column of ash up to 2,500 meters high, said the spokesman of the agency, Sutopo Purwo Nugroho, although the level of vigilance did not increase. was not high, which remains at a moderate level.

Since last year, the Agung volcano, located in the east of Bali, has erupted several times and with different intensities.

In November, the activity of Agung forced the closure of the airport for several consecutive days, disrupting visits to the island of Bali and causing the evacuation of About 30,000 people living in the vicinity of the volcano.

More than five million foreign tourists visited Bali in 2017 by plane, according to the airport operator.