Anak Krakatau: Indonesia expands airport closures to eight, 150,000 passengers affected

Stranded passengers line up to request refunds after scheduled flights were canceled following the eruption of Mount Anak Krakatoa at Soekarno-Hatta Airport in Tangerang on Sunday, September 6, 2026. The Airport has been temporarily closed to all flight operations due to ash spewing from the Anak Krakatoa volcano. -- Photo by ABIMANYU / AFP

JAKARTA (Bernama): Indonesia has expanded temporary airport closures from six to eight, as volcanic ash from Anak Krakatau disrupted air travel, affecting about 150,000 passengers and 467 flights.

Transport Minister Dudy Purwagandhi said the latest information from the Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) shortly after 5 pm local time showed that the ash was moving east at five knots at a flight level of 15,000 feet, after winds had earlier carried it west towards the Indian Ocean.

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2026年9月6日星期日，由于喀拉喀托火山爆发导致航班取消，滞留在丹格朗苏加诺-哈达机场的乘客排队申请退款。由于喀拉喀托火山喷发的火山灰，该机场已暂时关闭，所有航班暂停运营。——图片来源：ABIMANAYU / 法新社

雅加达（马新社）：由于喀拉喀托火山喷发的火山灰扰乱了航空旅行，印尼已将临时关闭的机场数量从 6 个增加到 8 个，约有 15 万名乘客和 467 个航班受到影响。

交通部长杜迪·普尔瓦甘迪表示，当地时间下午 5 点刚过，气象、气候和地球物理局 (BMKG) 的最新信息显示，火山灰在 15,000 英尺的飞行高度上以 5 节的速度向东移动，此前风曾将其吹向印度洋。

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印尼准备启用三个备用机场，因火山灰导致六个机场关闭。

据报道，受喀拉喀托火山之子喷发影响，巴厘岛机场取消了10多个航班。

火山灰扰乱航班运行，印尼又有四座机场关闭