ERUPTION OF AGUNG MOUNTAIN, 446 FLIGHTS CANCELED TODAY

DENPASAR - A total of 446 flights from and to Bali possibilities canceled corresponding with decision closing operation Airport I Gusti Ngurah Rai, Denpasar, Bali started Friday (29/6/2018) at 03.00 - 19.00 WITA.

Hundreds the flight is off fly the based on the schedule Airport daily at I Gusti Ngurah Rai. The plan , evaluation will back held on Friday (29/6) at 12.00 WITA.

The details are 118 flights domestic towards Bali and 121 flights domestic from Bali. While that , there are 103 flights international to Bali and 104 flights international from Bali.

Of the whole cancellation this, there are 74 928 passengers were affected.

Closing airport do related security operation . Some operators have make decision cancellation flights with reason security .

Since Thursday (28/6), already there are 48 flights that do cancellation with amount passenger impacted as many as 8,394 people. The details are 38 flights international with 6,611 passengers and 10flights domestic with passenger affected 1,723 people.

Airlines that do cancellation flights are Air Asia, Jet Star, Qantas, and Virgin.

General Manager (GM) I Gusti Airport Ngurah Rai Yanus Suprayogi stated steps preparation already taken, especially with regard with service to users services airport , ie with alert transportation land abus fleet with the destination of Mengwi Terminal and Padang Bai Harbor to the candidates passengers .

Party management Angkasa Pura (AP) also has do coordination with party airline for provide center information service   refund   and   reschedule   tickets for passengers already do booking tickets .

" That we remain will doing whole   Standard Operating Procedure   (SOP) regarding handling passengers , including fielded security and service at points concentration passenger and coordinate withwhole   stakeholders   for development next . We appeal to passengers and candidates passenger for soon do the process   refund   or   reschedule   tickets aircraft to each airline , fine through   hotline customer service   or through office airline in the airport, "he said in information official , Friday (29/6).

Results of visual monitoring at Observation Post Gunung Agung   Center for Volcanology and Mitigation Disaster Geology (PVMBG) in Rendang, Karangasem, Bali up Friday (29/6) at 06.00 WITA, GunungAgung still issued ash volcanic .

In the crater visible lights up fire colored redness with intensity stable with high column ash reaching 2,500 meters.

To moment this Gunung Agung is still status Standby (Level 3). Duration effusive as well yet can estimated to moment this .

" Moments this is , still detected   microtremor   on the tool PVMBG seismograph indicating existence magma move to surface , " says Head of Data and Information Center of BNPB Sutopo Purwo Nugroho, Friday (29/6).

Microtremor   is vibration small on the ground caused by activity human or nature.