{"id":1046898,"date":"2026-09-06T12:45:27","date_gmt":"2026-09-06T12:45:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/1046898\/"},"modified":"2026-09-06T12:45:27","modified_gmt":"2026-09-06T12:45:27","slug":"indonesia-volcano-eruption-cancels-hundreds-of-flights-in-major-airport-hub","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/1046898\/","title":{"rendered":"Indonesia volcano eruption cancels hundreds of flights in major airport hub"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A volcano eruption in Indonesia on Sunday has forced the cancellation of all flights at the capital city&#8217;s airport as volcanic ash drifted across the western parts of the country.<\/p>\n<p>No casualties were reported and no evacuation orders were issued as the nearest settlement is more than 10 miles away, but authorities warned people to stay at least 2 miles clear of the crater.<\/p>\n<p>Footage filmed from a fishing boat at sea showed lava shooting up from the volcano into the air.<\/p>\n<p>      <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/sequence-01-00-00-29-29-still001.jpg#.jpeg\" alt=\"sequence-01-00-00-29-29-still001.jpg \" height=\"349\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\"  loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                  Screenshot of mobile phone footage of the Anak Krakatau volcano erupting, seen from the sea.<\/p>\n<p>                @DESTINACI OCY\/AP<\/p>\n<p>Indonesia&#8217;s Geological Agency said the volcanic island located in Indonesia&#8217;s Sunda Strait between the main Java and Sumatra islands had showed signs of activity since Friday before erupting for 30 seconds in the early hours of Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>Volcanic ash spread across parts of Jakarta and Lampung province on Sumatra&#8217;s southern tip, Indonesia&#8217;s Center for Volcanology and Geological Hazard Mitigation said.<\/p>\n<p>AirNav Indonesia closed airspace around Soekarno-Hatta and Halim Perdanakusuma airports in Jakarta, as well as four other airports, including Radin Inten II Airport in Lampung, because of volcanic ash.<\/p>\n<p>      <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/sequence-01-00-01-45-10-still002.jpg#.jpeg\" alt=\"sequence-01-00-01-45-10-still002.jpg \" height=\"349\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\"  loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                  Aerial photographs show ashes flowing out of the crater of the Anak Krakatau volcano after it erupted on Sept.6, 2026.<\/p>\n<p>                PVMBG\/Reuters<\/p>\n<p>By mid-afternoon local time in Jakarta, the closure had affected 516 flight movements, with 202 in Jakarta&#8217;s Soekarno-Hatta airport alone that affected about 22,800 passengers, on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Safety remains our top priority in every operational decision,&#8221; Lukman F. Laisa, Ministry of Transportation director general of civil aviation, said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>He warned flight schedules could face cascading disruptions affecting aircraft rotations, fleet availability and terminal capacity as airlines work to restore operations.<\/p>\n<p>The name of the volcano Anak Krakatau, means &#8220;child of Krakatau,&#8221; which is the offspring of the famous Krakatau, whose monumental 1883 eruption triggered a period of global cooling.<\/p>\n<p>The eruption caused a tsunami in 2018 that killed at least 430 people in Sumatra and Java. Researchers believe volcanic activity triggered an underwater landslide and caused a large chunk of Anak Krakatau&#8217;s southwest slope to collapse and displace a large volume of water. Scientists said Anak Krakatau island was only about a quarter of its original size after that eruption.<\/p>\n<p>\n          More from CBS News\n        <\/p>\n<p>\n              Go deeper with The Free Press\n            <\/p>\n<p class=\"content__tags__label\">In:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A volcano eruption in Indonesia on Sunday has forced the cancellation of all flights at the capital city&#8217;s&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":1046899,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[5],"tags":[9996,50,1164,3093,103],"class_list":["post-1046898","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-world","tag-indonesia","tag-news","tag-travel","tag-volcano","tag-world"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/117224169001790717","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1046898","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1046898"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1046898\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1046899"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1046898"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1046898"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1046898"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}