Eruption of Bali's Ngurah Rai Airport Closed

Eruption of Mount Raung in Bondowoso, East Java, causing the closure of Ngurah Rai International Airport, Bali. As a result, today there is accumulation of 3,000 passengers at the airport.

According to the Ministry of Transportation Director of Air Navigation Noviriyanto Rahardjo, airport closures because it is the condition of volcanic ash is very dangerous flying.

Related to Denpasar Airport, now could not be opened because of the conditions still endanger the flight," said Noviriyanto in the Office of the Ministry of Transportation, Jakarta, Friday (10/07/2015).

Data from the Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics related to the eruption of Mount roar, minister of Transportation know that the wind moved to the southeast so the volcanic ash airspace Mount Raung cover some airports were closed, namely Ngurah Rai International Airport in Bali, Lombok International Airport , Selaparang in Lombok, Blimbingsari service in Banyuwangi, and Notohadinegoro service in Jember.

Minister of Transportation will not bargain flight safety related. Therefore seeks to continue to provide information as well as possible so that passengers do not pile up at the airport.