Bali flights nixed after huge volcano eruption

Dozens of flights to and from Indonesia’s Bali island were cancelled on Monday after a volcano belched a colossal ash tower 18 kilometres into the sky, authorities said.

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The aviation disruption came just weeks after the same rumbling volcano caused dozens of flight cancellations to and from the popular resort island.

Mount Lewotobi Laki-Laki, on the tourist island of Flores, erupted at 11:05am, the volcanology agency said.

“An eruption of Lewotobi Laki-Laki Volcano occurred... with the observed ash column height reaching approximately 18,000 m above the summit,” the agency said in a statement. It forced the cancellation of 24 flights at Bali's international airport, general manager Ahmad Syaugi Shahab said.