Bali flights cancelled after eruption

Flores volcano sends ash 10km into sky

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Dozens of flights to and from Indonesia's resort island of Bali were cancelled yesterday, authorities said, after a volcano in the archipelago’s east erupted, shooting an ash tower 10 kilometres into the sky.

Mount Lewotobi Laki-Laki, a 1,584-metre volcano on the tourist island of Flores, erupted on Tuesday, with authorities raising its alert status to the highest level of a four-tiered disaster alarm system.

“Due to volcano activity of Lewatobi Laki-Laki in East Nusa Tenggara, several flights at I Gusti Ngurah Rai Airport are cancelled,” airport operator Angkasa Pura Indonesia told AFP in a statement.