Bali flights nixed after huge Indonesia volcano eruption

INDONESIA EXPERIENCES FREQUENT SEISMIC ACTIVITY DUE TO ITS POSITION ON THE PACIFIC ‘RING OF FIRE’

- Agence France-Presse

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.

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 Il:05am (0305 GMT), the volcanology agency said.

“An eruption of Lewotobi Laki-Laki Volcano occurred... with the observed ash column height reaching approximately 18,000m above the summit,” the agency said ina statement.

It forced the cancellation of 24 flights at Bali’s international airport, general manager Ahmad Syaugi Shahab said.